housing benifitsfor caravan park

skitler

ive looked on the shelter site and it says as a mobile home are eligable for benefit.
ive also looked up mobile home and caravan on wikipedia and its the same thing.
is a dyson the same as a hoover, well yes as there both vacum cleaners, but there both different, yet produce the same result

so thanks for that link jowo, youv'e been very helpfull and at least i might get a few extra winks in tonight

skitler

good thought that calley,
i dont mind moving every month that sounds like a really really good idea to me.
its just weather housing benefit can cope with the constant moving especially if you are moveing into diferent districts all the time

i love travelling and being able to go any wherewill be great as there is some stunning areas of the country
i have no ties to keep me permanant, and this island isn't that big.

Tiddlywinks

skitler wrote: »

good thought that calley,
i dont mind moving every month that sounds like a really really good idea to me.
its just weather housing benefit can cope with the constant moving especially if you are moveing into diferent districts all the time

i love travelling and being able to go any wherewill be great as there is some stunning areas of the country
i have no ties to keep me permanant, and this island isn't that big.

If you keep moving around the districts and the country then how will you find and keep a long term job?

Gloomendoom

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

If you keep moving around the districts and the country then how will you find and keep a long term job?

Not everybody wants a long term job. Lots of short term jobs suits some people better.

skitler

has anybody got a long term job these days

PasturesNew

The point of moving around is to find a job though ... once found you don't need to move around and can then look at the options again.

I've bought a new car on the basis that I could go off camping/moving if I HAD to as there's room to kip down in the boot. .... not got the b4lls to tow a caravan or I'd do that myself.

Also, one can move between sites, but still be in the same 10-20-30 mile radius area. Moving doesn't mean 50 miles for the OP, moving might just be to the next site down the road.

I think you'll find a lot of single people will be doing this and living in cars/vans/caravans ... just to be mobile to look for work. Or because rents are too high.

Renting flats etc on an AST is long-winded, problematical - and then you're tied in for 6-months.... not easy to feel 'flexible'.

Tiddlywinks

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Not everybody wants a long term job. Lots of short term jobs suits some people better.

OP has said "i dont mind moving every month that sounds like a really really good idea to me.
its just weather housing benefit can cope with the constant moving especially if you are moveing into diferent districts all the time"

Don't mind if it's long term or short term work - as long as he does intend to find a job because I don't really think someone should be able to claim housing allowance for a caravan (and that is what the OP was asking about) to support a life of travelling around as a "free spirit".

By all means have that lifestyle but taxpayers shouldn't have to fund it.

Apologies of I've got the wrong end of the stick.

Hammyman

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

By all means have that lifestyle but taxpayers shouldn't have to fund it.

Apologies of I've got the wrong end of the stick.

You haven't. Most seaside towns are full of people like the OP, having a holiday by the sea on the dole.

Deepmistrust

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

OP has said "i dont mind moving every month that sounds like a really really good idea to me.
its just weather housing benefit can cope with the constant moving especially if you are moveing into diferent districts all the time"

Don't mind if it's long term or short term work - as long as he does intend to find a job because I don't really think someone should be able to claim housing allowance for a caravan (and that is what the OP was asking about) to support a life of travelling around as a "free spirit".

By all means have that lifestyle but taxpayers shouldn't have to fund it.

Apologies of I've got the wrong end of the stick.

He's on JSA I believe, so his housing situation is completely seperate to his Job Seeking situation.

It's not for anyones business as to what kind of work he is after, the fact remains whether he was in a caravan or a house, he would still be a Jobseeker.

Or is it still OK to discriminate against travellers?

Fiddlestick

Deepmistrust wrote: »

Or is it still OK to discriminate against travellers?

When did the OP claim he was a "traveller" a.k.a. a Roma, Sinti or a Gypsy?

There is a world of difference between being "travelling people" and "taking an extended holiday on the dole"