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17 year old, can he claim HB

TAZ
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17 year old living in girlfriends house ,his girlfriend is only 15 so he has own room buys his own food, receiving income support and soon ema when he starts course can he claim hb towards the rent he pays for his room
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  • welshmoneylover
    welshmoneylover Posts: 3,324 Forumite
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    TAZ wrote: »
    17 year old living in girlfriends house ,his girlfriend is only 15 so he has own room buys his own food, receiving income support and soon ema when he starts course can he claim hb towards the rent he pays for his room

    Can't his parents help him out?

    Might need a bit more info...
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  • Duncombe
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    Doubtful. For lots of reasons.

    Is there an official tennancy agreement between the 17yr old and his gf's parents? (I assume that is who he is living with).
  • McKneff
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    Income support, i would imagine is partly to pay for his rent.

    Dont think 17 year olds are eligible (18 year olds do as far as I know)
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • McKneff
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    Duncombe wrote: »
    Doubtful. For lots of reasons.

    Is there an official tennancy agreement between the 17yr old and his gf's parents? (I assume that is who he is living with).

    He's lodging there so a tennancy agreement wouldnt apply
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • Indie_Kid
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    McKneff wrote: »
    Income support, i would imagine is partly to pay for his rent.

    Dont think 17 year olds are eligible (18 year olds do as far as I know)

    IS entitles someone to full LHA for their area if they have a tenancy agreement.
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  • silvercar
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    I don't think you can be a party to a tenancy agreement if you are under 18.
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  • HappyMJ
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    silvercar wrote: »
    I don't think you can be a party to a tenancy agreement if you are under 18.
    According to the adviceguide website the law is not clear....
    http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_family/home_and_neighbourhood_index_ew/finding_a_place_to_live_index_ew/young_people_and_housing.htm
    But, in this case he wouldn't have an entitlement to a tenancy anyway as he's a lodger and only has a licence to occupy part of the premises owned and lived in by the landlord. He can claim HB but he has to already be paying rent and not just starting to pay the rent because HB is paying it. Will he be made to move on if the rent isn't paid?

    There is no lower age limit to claiming HB.
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  • TAZ
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    edited 9 October 2010 at 1:00AM
    He has been paying from rent money from his income support, he can only stay if he pays and he would be asked to leave if wasn't.
  • baza52
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    is there a tennancy agreement?
  • seven-day-weekend
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    You can claim HB if you are a lodger, one of our lodgers claimed it, I just wrote a letter saying he was lodging with us and how much rent he paid. I also gave him a rent book.

    So being a lodger won't stop him from claiming, although I'm not sure if you have to be 18.
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