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Thats the problem with these new rates - people ARE going to be made homeless. On principle it was a good idea, but it should have been applied on a case by case basis as its too general and doesn't take individuals circumstances into account. I don't live anywhere near London, but how many rooms are there for £55 a week? or in the other cities? I know what you would get for that amount in my area and I wouldn't let my dog live in it, and this is what would be offically classed as deprived so goodness help those who live in 'good' areas. The Government were happy enough to watch all the rents go up with the house prices and now the bubbles burst and alot more people have had to rely on benefits they are kicking them while they are down - shameful.
Rents need to drop.
Massively.
Either landlords will have empty houses or they will lower rents.0 -
carefullycautious wrote: »In fairness to the op he does have a daughter who is going to stay with him 3 days a week so why shouldnt he have a home
3 days a week might not be enough to qualify him to extra housing benefit.
The OP should have got information about the rent they were likely to get before signing for a property - but the easiest way out now ? Asking the landlord if they can let a room or aiming to get a job ASAP and paying the rent themselves entirely.0 -
Doesn't matter if its only one night, the little girl still needs her own room, its in the housing standards, so by that reasoning if they set the standards they would have to stick to them and not expect an adult male to share a room with a female child.0
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Besides, I'm busy. I'm going house-hunting in Cheshire for that country pile I've always fancied. I've obviously been going about things wrong all these years. Now I know better. You find the house you want first, you rent it, then when you can't afford the rent, you go cap in hand to the benefits office and they pay for it for you. Silly me making decisions based on what I can afford...:cool:
That's just the way it is. No point in getting angry at the people who take advantage of the system.0 -
Doesn't matter if its only one night, the little girl still needs her own room, its in the housing standards, so by that reasoning if they set the standards they would have to stick to them and not expect an adult male to share a room with a female child.
I don't think that's the case if the child's not resident at the property, they can only have one registered permanent home. If both patents are on HB then the council won't fund it for them to have a room at both houses.0 -
It would be two seperate claims based on the needs of two different people if the mother was also on HB so I wouldn't have thought they could penalise one person to the advantage of the other, its not their place to, but you never know. . . . .0
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I'm sorry, but how do you think everyone else in the world gets on?!
By your logic, we'd all buy 3 litre 4x4s because we can afford the repayments and then complain when we drive them off the forecourt because we can't afford to tax/insure and run them. Anticipating the cost of things is part of life. Or at least, it should be.
Yeah, I bet he was. Overjoyed to find a house that he assumed the state would pay for. But why should they? He's a single man. He doesn't need a house.
Elvis, it's time you left the building, way, way past the time. :rotfl:The bigger the bargain, the better I feel.
I should mention that there's only one of me, don't confuse me with others of the same name.0 -
It doesn't work that way. One parent receives the extra HB room allowance for that child, just as only one can receive the child benefit for that child. The council will make HB allowances for the parent where the child stays the majority of the time, not for both parents. If the child shares their time equally then that allowance will be provided at the address that is registered to the child's school and the address where any benefit claims are linked to.
The fact that the OPs daughter stays the night could work in his favour when he applys for a discretionary housing benefit top up, but he is not entitled to an increased allowance because she stays over x nights a week.0 -
I would recommend moving in with someone, let someone have the name on the electricity bill rather than yourself..
Try to keep ahead of the rent incase you financially fall behind in life..0
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