Husband on SSP any extra help available?

kymbo82

My husband had an accident at work and had to have an operation, he has been signed off sick for 4 weeks. I am currently not working so we rely heavily on his wages..we do get Child tax credits and a little bit of housing benefit but his ssp wont be enough to cover the rest of the rent.
Anyone know if we can get extra help during this time? Desperately dont want to get behind with rent and bills and dont have any savings to live off.
Thanks

karenx

Inform housing benefit of new income details?

sunnyone

kymbo82 wrote: »

My husband had an accident at work and had to have an operation, he has been signed off sick for 4 weeks. I am currently not working so we rely heavily on his wages..we do get Child tax credits and a little bit of housing benefit but his ssp wont be enough to cover the rest of the rent.
Anyone know if we can get extra help during this time? Desperately dont want to get behind with rent and bills and dont have any savings to live off.
Thanks

Can you not work or at least try to get a job?

Tarzan

I was signed off sick for 2 weeks a couple of years ago when my husband was a full time dad and my landlord told me I could claim HB for the 2 weeks.
He was right.

paddedjohn

is he due any compensation from his company?

kymbo82

sunnyone wrote: »

Can you not work or at least try to get a job?

I am trying to get a job, thanks for that, I lost my job 3 months ago and have been trying since then.

kymbo82

paddedjohn wrote: »

is he due any compensation from his company?

I dont believe so as it was his fault