mums kicking me out! housing benefit and low income benefits?!

Conor7

as the title says my mums kicking me out, we've argued for years, shes an alcoholic and suffers from depression and has been off sick for years, im 19, male, never had a proper job, have very few gcses, a btec in "work skills" which was basically an entry to employment course good for nothing other than keeping kids off the street, and have been claiming job seekers for 6 months plus now.
we cant live together anymore, more importantly i cant live here anymore i dont want to go into details because frankly its embarrasing but if you could see what its like youd understand.
we arent currently talking unless its about my new living arangements, im gonna go and stay with my girlfriend untill i get get a place of my own sorted.
my nans agreed to front me the £1200 id need for deposit/months rent in advance, but i have no idea where to go from there, so i guess thats my first question, what on earth do i do after i've found a place and put the deposit down?

as for work i really dont know if i can handle a full-time job at the moment, coming to terms with the fact my mums never really wanted me and my dog recently dying is really starting to mess with my head.
im still looking and going to interviews, but i never hear anything back..

i may have found some gardening work for an elderly couple not to far from here, it wouldn't be much, perhaps 40-50 a week? but im unsure hows this will affect my JSA/ other benefits i may end up receiving so i havent got back in touch..

i've used the budgeting calculator here, and to put it very bluntly im gonna be screwed very quickly, im so lost and i dont have a clue what to do, any help would be greatly! greatly! appreciated! thankyou!!

MrsManda

Connexions is a service for 13 to 19 years who will be able to help you with advice. I think they're open now.
https://www2.cxdirect.com/home.htm

You could also call the Jobcentre Plus benefits helpline tomorrow. It's open from 8am - 6pm and they'll be able to tell you what you can claim, and fill out some of the forms over the phone.
It's a freephone number: 0800 055 6688

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Jobseekers/ContactJobcentrePlus/DG_186347

AimeesMum_2

Sorry to hear about your situation.

As a single man under the age of 25 you are only entitled to so much housing benefit (single room rate) though I am not sure how much this is but I don't think it's very much. As soon as you have found a place, you need to go straight to the council and fill in the forms for housing benefit and council tax benefit.

McKneff

MrsM do you happen to have a free phone number for the DWP (sorry to hijack) I can only find the 0845 number

AimeesMum_2

just checked re:single man's local housing allowance and it varies depending on the area that you live in but most rates seem to be around £50-80. Which is obviously much less than the places you were looking at if you needed £1200 for deposit and first months rent.

Could your girlfriend not move in with you? Does she work? xx

sunnyone

Conor7 wrote: »

as the title says my mums kicking me out, we've argued for years, shes an alcoholic and suffers from depression and has been off sick for years, im 19, male, never had a proper job, have very few gcses, a btec in "work skills" which was basically an entry to employment course good for nothing other than keeping kids off the street, and have been claiming job seekers for 6 months plus now.
we cant live together anymore, more importantly i cant live here anymore i dont want to go into details because frankly its embarrasing but if you could see what its like youd understand.
we arent currently talking unless its about my new living arangements, im gonna go and stay with my girlfriend untill i get get a place of my own sorted.
my nans agreed to front me the £1200 id need for deposit/months rent in advance, but i have no idea where to go from there, so i guess thats my first question, what on earth do i do after i've found a place and put the deposit down?

as for work i really dont know if i can handle a full-time job at the moment, coming to terms with the fact my mums never really wanted me and my dog recently dying is really starting to mess with my head.
im still looking and going to interviews, but i never hear anything back..

i may have found some gardening work for an elderly couple not to far from here, it wouldn't be much, perhaps 40-50 a week? but im unsure hows this will affect my JSA/ other benefits i may end up receiving so i havent got back in touch..

i've used the budgeting calculator here, and to put it very bluntly im gonna be screwed very quickly, im so lost and i dont have a clue what to do, any help would be greatly! greatly! appreciated! thankyou!!

Its very hard growing up with an alcoholic parent, you are the one that cares for them from a very young age and you never have the chance to follow your own path until you break from them, Im amazed you got to 19 before you bolted to be truthful, I was much younger.

Even after you leave your mother will be their in the backgroung using guilt to bind you to her as her whipping boy and demanding things from you for the the rest of her life and once the booze gets her the guilt gets even worse.

I wish you well but the benfit system isnt really set up to help the under twenty five single people, you will get a minimum amount of LHA and £50 odd quid a week to cover the short fall in the diffrence between your rent and LHA together with every bill and food etc.

Is their a chance of living with your GF full time?

Does she work?

MrsManda

McKneff wrote: »

MrsM do you happen to have a free phone number for the DWP (sorry to hijack) I can only find the 0845 number

Which section of the DWP?

sunnyone

MrsManda wrote: »

Which section of the DWP?

DLA to discuss her husbands claim I believe from a thread yesterday.

McKneff

sunnyone wrote: »

DLA to discuss her husbands claim I believe from a thread yesterday.

What a memory:D

MrsManda

McKneff wrote: »

What a memory:D

I don't know a freephone number for DLA but saynoto0870.com has:
01367 730222 as a landline number for the DLA helpline.

dibblersan

ok, to start with this is a scary thing but ultimately becoming your own person and living by yourself is a wonderful thing.

I assume uni isn't an option? even through an access course?

you will learn a lot about yourself and you will need to grow up fairly quickly, and you will make mistakes, but nothing that isn't recoverable.

first check here - lha calc - you should be eligable for 1 bed shared facilities - http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Diol1/DoItOnline/DG_196239

you can check by local authority and by postcode.

check a few areas near where you live then compare the results to a search on right move or similar.

shared flats are prob a good idea, and there will be more of these in a nearby city (normally)

flat's that include bills are generally more expensive, but can work out to cost about the same and when you've just left home not having to worry about paying everything seporately might be wonderful.

my step-son lives in a flat currently that's £90 a week for one room and shared facilities. he works for an agency periodically so sometimes gets a % of housing benifit. his housing benifit for an under 25 is £45 a week, he makes up the difference himself.

I rent a flat for £60 a week (it's a nice little flat) but have to pay council tax, water rates, electric and gas (and internet) so my little flat costs me between £90 and £150 a week (summer to winter)

he doesn't have to worry about heating being on or when all the payments are due - he does have to share his space, which is ok for someone his age, but I just couldn't stand it. he visits me at christmas, not the other way round.

back to you, as a young person fit for work (I assume no disabilities) the jsa rate is £53.45 a week.

this should pay for your water, elec and gas, any other bills and food

this is more than manageable.

should your girlfriend decide to live with you then that goes up to £105.95 (assuming she isn't working) and your lha entitlement goes up to the 1 bed rate.

hope that helps.