housing benefit when living with parents?

lucie707

Im 21 years old and living with my parents. I pay them £200 a month and the house is owned by them. I am pregnant and now claiming income support as i am not illegible for maternity pay or maternity allowance as havent been working long enough in the past 66 weeks (was a student). My question is, can i claim housing benefit to pay to my parents?

paulwellerfan

simple answer is no....

pandaspot

hi

no you cant claim housing benefit to pay them. a question hb would ask is : if you didnt pay the rent would you evict the claimant. i dont think they would do that

one thing you can claim though is a second adult rebate. None of their income would be taken into account, it would be based purely on your IS.

This would give them 25% of the ctax bill paid.

AimeesMum_2

I'm afraid you can't claim housing benefit to pay to your parents. You will get child tax credits and child benefit when your little one is born though. x

pandaspot

ignore the second adult rebate, you cant claim that as you are living with your mum and dad

sorry

Jowo_2

Lodgers (i.e. those who live in the same property and share amenities with their landlord) cannot claim HB when their landlord is a close relative.

lucie707

i didnt think i could but thought no harm in double checking! thankyou for all your replies!

pandaspot wrote: »

ignore the second adult rebate, you cant claim that as you are living with your mum and dad

sorry

ive just looked into what this is and think i could possibly claim as although i said "parents" i meant just my mum, so technically i would be the "second adult"

pandaspot

yes then you can claim a second adult rebate, ring your council tomorrow and get a application form