pregnant, Single, no income ...

3yearstogo

my friend is 6 months pregnant, first child, single, no job, no income support/job seeker etc. has a mortgage which is in arrears. ex partner not allowing sale of house as he wants £ first, mortgage is in negative equity too.

Baby due in April, no one to turn to except friends - most who will probably buy baby designer clothes... we are buying her nappies and essentials.

So.. any advice where to go? I know she can get child tax credits 65 a week along with 20 child allowance per week.

Any advice on what to do in regards to house or other benefits? I believe she missed that boat to sign on for job seekers many months ago and is now not eligable.

Thanks,
Worried friend.

DX2

3yearstogo wrote: »

my friend is 6 months pregnant, first child, single, no job, no income support/job seeker etc. has a mortgage which is in arrears. ex partner not allowing sale of house as he wants £ first, mortgage is in negative equity too.

Baby due in April, no one to turn to except friends - most who will probably buy baby designer clothes... we are buying her nappies and essentials.

So.. any advice where to go? I know she can get child tax credits 65 a week along with 20 child allowance per week.

Any advice on what to do in regards to house or other benefits? I believe she missed that boat to sign on for job seekers many months ago and is now not eligable.

Thanks,
Worried friend.

Along with her benefits she will also be able to claim child support from the father
Have a look here :http://www.nhs.uk/Planners/pregnancycareplanner/Pages/Benefitshome.aspx

Indie_Kid

Child support from the father doesn't affect benefits.

Jowo_2

The Shelter website has info for home owners struggling to pay their mortgage, various govt schemes to prevent repossession, plus basic rights during a relationship breakdown. AFAIK, a joint owner has to get a court order to sell the property if the other joint owner refuses to sell it.

Put her details into the Turn2us online benefit calculator which will indicate what she could be entitled to.

Oldernotwiser

Why hasn't she been claiming JSA up to now?

clareabella666

when i was pregnant i was in a similar situation however i had and still have my partner but at the time he didnt live with me.

I went for income support but was turned down as i had to be 26 weeks plus before claiming so i had to sign onto JSA for 2 weeks as i was 24 weeks then

After baby came i got income support, child tax credits and child benefit ( was still living with parents so didnt claim housing and council tax benefit).

sunnyone

child tax credits are not £65 a week yet, I asked about how much they were hear and it was @£50ish per week.

flight747

No, I got £66 a week for my son as child tax credit. It depend on circs

dmg24

flight747 wrote: »

No, I got £66 a week for my son as child tax credit. It depend on circs

The standard amount is £55 per week. The baby element would make it £65, but this will be scrapped shortly.

Indie_Kid

flight747 wrote: »

No, I got £66 a week for my son as child tax credit. It depend on circs

Doesn't your son have a disability?

dmg24

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