Under 25 housing benefit

moneyinmypocket

No young person should get any living allowence at all - I left home at 19 moved cities had no hand outs, lived in a house share for 4 years before getting a flat to rent

HappyMJ

moneyinmypocket wrote: »

No young person should get any living allowence at all - I left home at 19 moved cities had no hand outs, lived in a house share for 4 years before getting a flat to rent

Many young adults do not have a choice. Once they have left school even after completing A-levels then the household loses at least £64.99 in child benefit and child tax credits. Maybe even £82.39 a week if they are the last child in the household to leave school. There may be no spare money remaining in the household income to carry someone who isn't working and isn't able to claim. Anyway, JSA is only £56.25 a week...it's cheaper than child benefit and child tax credits.

Graham_Devon

MacD wrote: »

Actually the Dad living in another flat is more complicated and in the end more expensive. Two lots of council tax and all the bills. The way things are going housing benefit will not pay all the rent, so thats two lots of rent to pay out of whatever benefit is left.

Better off in the future for Dads to live in the same household, that is the way all these cuts are going. It will free up more property.

If the mother is on full benefits, then she wont have council tax to pay. If the father lives on his own, he will see a 25% reduction in council tax.

If they move in together, their total council tax spend goes up 25%. (Dependant on bandings of the properties).

MacD_2

moneyinmypocket wrote: »

No young person should get any living allowence at all - I left home at 19 moved cities had no hand outs, lived in a house share for 4 years before getting a flat to rent

Do you realise if the handouts are cut back then rents and property prices will fall.

It is all the handouts that are still propping up high rents and property prices.

MacD_2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

If the mother is on full benefits, then she wont have council tax to pay. If the father lives on his own, he will see a 25% reduction in council tax.

If they move in together, their total council tax spend goes up 25%. (Dependant on bandings of the properties).

Its all the bills that will kill them. Utilities are going up and up. Some expect soon people will have to choose to eat or pay their bills.

Two sets of bills will be a lot harder to keep up with than one set.

vax2002

Will they stop taking tax from the under 25 as they are not giving them a fair deal back.

MacD_2

Now it looks like they really will take away benefits from under 25s