Moving to 3 bed house?!!?

Yorkie1

shegirl wrote: »

She also has a total income of £2300 a month on benefits with only the one child,thanks to her parents giving her £900 a month that should stop other benefits...but hey ho,lets all be huggy huggy and there-there because she really needs support right?:rotfl:

If you read the thread you will see that the income from the parents has stopped. At least get your facts right before sl*gging someone off.

Jaikagen

If there is room for a single bed there is always room to share with bunk beds, think about co-sleeping with the baby until they are old enough to go into a bed, therefore no more room is needed

shegar

I do believe that the rule use to be that the first child had to be 8 and the second child 2 yrs old and diferent sexes to be able to get a 3 bed social housing, well that was the rule in Suffolk 20 odd year ago, its probaly changed now , you will have to get in touch with CAB or your local housing Authority.......

SuzieSue

The_Palmist wrote: »

no one is stopping you to give up working and join the queue.

What is wrong with you? So you think we should all do this if we want to and who exactly is going to pay for everyone to be on benefits if no-one works? It's because of people like you that we have this "entitled to" mentality.

lazer

SuzieSue wrote: »

What is wrong with you? So you think we should all do this if we want to and who exactly is going to pay for everyone to be on benefits if no-one works? It's because of people like you that we have this "entitled to" mentality.

You don't have to give up work to join the queue, you just have to qualify.
Working is not part of the criteria for local housing authoritys usually.

Someone owning a 2 bed house, but needing a 3 bed, can go on the council housing list regardless of whether or not they work.

t0rt0ise

pizzle84 wrote: »

Im currently in a 2 bedroomed house (myself and my 4 yr old son) im pregnant and want to move to a 3 bedroomed house for room when the baby arrives. I get full housing benefit (LHA) for the 2 bedroomed house but according to the council LHA website im only entitled to a 2 bed house even though there will be me and 2 kids. At the moment the rooms are too small to share (the cot wont even fit in my room with my bed.) If i moved to the 3 bedroomed house will i still only get the LHA for 2 bedrooms or will it go up to the 3 bedroomed rate? sorry if this sounds complicated!!

Ignoring all the posts that have gone before.. LOL..

If you move to a 3 bedroomed house that is privately rented your housing benefit will be capped at the two bedroom rate for the area you live in. See https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/BedRoomCalculator.aspx

If you were to move to a council or Housing Association house you would probably get full housing benefit.

SuzieSue

lazer wrote: »

You don't have to give up work to join the queue, you just have to qualify.
Working is not part of the criteria for local housing authoritys usually.

Someone owning a 2 bed house, but needing a 3 bed, can go on the council housing list regardless of whether or not they work.

Agreed, but realistically the only way someone is going to get council housing is by having children which is why the OP qualifies. The Palmist is suggesting that we should all have children and therefore join (or jump) the queue for council housing which is what a lot of irresponsible people are doing. This is why decent people are so angry and his answer is that we should join the irresponsible people rather than do something to stop them behaving irresponsibly.

BigAunty

pizzle84 wrote: »

...If i moved to the 3 bedroomed house will i still only get the LHA for 2 bedrooms or will it go up to the 3 bedroomed rate?

A person on LHA can obtain a tenancy for any size of property they like in excess of their bedroom entitlement but it will be capped at the rate they are entitled to, not their preferred size of property.

You are therefore free to move to a 3 bedroom property but must pay for the difference between the LHA rate and the rent yourself if the latter is higher.

Typically, a lone parent with 2 children will receive £200 per week in benefits, plus the child maintenance received is on top of this and doesn't reduce them, plus the rent will be either fully or highly subsidised and there is no council tax to pay.

Therefore, it may be possible for you to afford a modest top-up to your rent from your benefit income.

Download the budget planner on the MSE website and see if you can cut back on your other expenses to be able to fund a modest part of your excess rent from your benefits.

gallygirl

BigAunty wrote: »

Typically, a lone parent with 2 children will receive £200 per week in benefits, plus the child maintenance received is on top of this and doesn't reduce them, plus the rent will be either fully or highly subsidised and there is no council tax to pay.

Therefore, it may be possible for you to afford a modest top-up to your rent from your benefit income.

Just worked out how much that is a month. About the same I pay in tax and NI. Glad that my hard earned money is going to such good use. I do hope there is enough spare to allow the OP to move to a bigger house. That will put a smile on my face when the alarm goes off at 5.30am tomorrow.

BigAunty

gallygirl wrote: »

Just worked out how much that is a month. About the same I pay in tax and NI. Glad that my hard earned money is going to such good use. I do hope there is enough spare to allow the OP to move to a bigger house. That will put a smile on my face when the alarm goes off at 5.30am tomorrow.

It's composed of approx £100 in tax credits, £63 in income support and around £35 in child benefit for two children (might be out by a pound or two on the sums quoted).

It's just slightly more than the take-home pay of someone working full time on National Minimum Wage but of course, they would have to use it to pay towards their rent and council tax, plus their transport costs to work.

Can you believe that until a few years ago, a lone parent had no obligation to seek employment until their youngest reaches 13?!

Now, it's been reduced to 7 and will shortly be reduced to 5, until a lone parent is switched off Income Support and transferred to Job Seekers Allowance.

PS - the only way a lone parent can continue receiving IS when their youngest reaches the threshold that kicks them onto JSA is by entering full time education. Funnily enough, there are lots of posts from lone parents who find that when their youngest approaches the age in which there is pressure on them from the Job Centre, they find they have a vocation that requires them to apply for FE and HE courses...."I want to get a good job to support my family, therefore I need to study x, y, z..."