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Council Tax Benefit

Would we be able to get CTB as we are buying ur house. I have looked at the form and it says something about having captial. We do have money in ur house but we only own 70%. So can t take the money out

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  • dmg24
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    Do you mean our house? Do you rent it and you are now looking to buy it, or are you talking about two different houses?
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  • Sorry no we are buying it. Only one house
  • dmg24
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    Your own house is not counted for capital purposes so will not affect your entitlement to CTB.
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  • Thankyou. Also we have an Isa which is for the house. We have interested only and the isa. Would the Isa be counted?
  • dmg24
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    Do you already have the ISA, or is it being set up as a repayment vehicle alongside the mortgage? If the latter, and you can prove the purpose of the ISA, it should not be counted. If it is an existing ISA, it is likely to be counted.
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  • It is existing but was set up the same time as mortgage and it is one for a mortage. As they send us letter to tell us they dont think it will cover mortgage at the moment
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    It is existing but was set up the same time as mortgage and it is one for a mortage. As they send us letter to tell us they dont think it will cover mortgage at the moment

    You should be fine then.
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  • Would we be able to get CTB as we are buying ur house. I have looked at the form and it says something about having captial. We do have money in ur house but we only own 70%. So can t take the money out

    No one here can tell you if you will get CTB because we don't know the details of your circumstances - for example how much income you have.
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