Is there anymore help i can get?

dawnie1972

I was made redundant at the end of October, my full rent was paid for the first 13 weeks but now i'm only getting the LHA rate (£103/week). My rent is £600/month. Once i've received my housing benefit and JSA and paid my rent i'm left with £25/week to pay my gas, electric, water, car insurance plus any other living expenses ie food/petrol!! Is there any other financial help I can get as i'm worried sick i'm going to get into debt and need to keep the bills paid.

2009timeforchange

Are you living on your own? If so then it sounds like you are getting everything you can.

You may have to think about moving to a cheaper property.

Oldernotwiser

I agree with the above and would expect you to have looked for something cheaper by now.

karenx

Or selling your car which means no paying out for car insurance and petrol

sonorman

If you are living on your own which seems to be the case, what are you renting?
You should be looking for a flatlet or studio for £400pm and maybe not in as nice an area.
Also get yourself a Rover ticket for the bus and lose the car.

Oldernotwiser

sonorman wrote: »

If you are living on your own which seems to be the case, what are you renting?
You should be looking for a flatlet or studio for £400pm and maybe not in as nice an area.
Also get yourself a Rover ticket for the bus and lose the car.

Or a flat/houseshare.

dawnie1972

I can't look for anywhere else to live until i find a job - i'm with a letting agent so I won't be able to do an application without employment - and can't flat/houseshare as have a 1/2 bed cottage - its marketed as a 2 bed but its so small that i have to have my clothes/wardrobes in the front bedroom as there's only room for my bed in the back bedroom and you have to walk through the front bedroom to get to the back bedroom, plus i have 3 dogs. Also need the car as live in a rural village with only 1 bus coming through per week.

dawnlouise123

You could apply for DHP - Discretionary Housing Payment. There are lots of Landlord and Agents who accept people on benefits, so you may be able to reduce your rent if you look around. There are also schemes run through the Housing Department which may help with a deposit depending on your circumstances.

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I would definately ask for a DHP,they can cover 100% of your rent for upto 6 months to give you time to find somewhere more affordable

dmg24

dawnie1972 wrote: »

I can't look for anywhere else to live until i find a job - i'm with a letting agent so I won't be able to do an application without employment - and can't flat/houseshare as have a 1/2 bed cottage - its marketed as a 2 bed but its so small that i have to have my clothes/wardrobes in the front bedroom as there's only room for my bed in the back bedroom and you have to walk through the front bedroom to get to the back bedroom, plus i have 3 dogs. Also need the car as live in a rural village with only 1 bus coming through per week.

So find somewhere that takes people in receipt of LHA!