60 year old widow needs some advice to survive

princessdon

Social housing is based on "number of rooms"

At the moment - till April they'd pay 100% - from April they are introducing a bedroom tax.

ie if you bid on a 2 bedroom - in April you;d pay a "tax" - approx 14% on the unoccupied room.

So technically the most you'd pay is 14% on a 2 bed - assuming they don't change the rules again.

A 1 bedroom and you'd pay zero


That is only MY understanding - but others will correct me if I am wrong and are better placed to give advice

Re cost v rent - whole other debate. My Grandma had to move into an over 55's place. She is a widower and pays £134 a WEEK plus maintenance charges. She is 21p above the limit due to a private pension to get HB - 21p less she'd not pay a penny nor her CTB.

Caroline_a

oliveoil99 wrote: »

Can you tell me this before I bid on a SH property I go into our BDirect to ask about the rent as some of the properties are sheltered housing over 55s so the rents can be quite high sometimes over £100 with charges for extra so how is it HA for social housing is higher than what they give for LHA in rented property meaning if I was ever successful with a bid would cost more than keeping me here.

I've read this 3 times and still don't understand it. Are you asking if the rents are over £100 a week? I think you need to find out the cost of the rents first, or alternatively look on RightMove or Zoopla and see what you can find.

pondskater_2

McKneff wrote: »

No offence to anyone but it annoys me that Scottish people can use their bus passes in England but us English pass holders cant use ours in Scotland:mad:

But we can't

superwoman4

McKneff wrote: »

Sorry, but do you realsie that you dont get your bus pass till you actually get your state pension nowadays.

I live in Wales and we get our bus passes at age 60.

SandraScarlett

superwoman4 wrote: »

I live in Wales and we get our bus passes at age 60.

Why are we still referred to as "the United Kingdom" when we are clearly not united! Care home and uni fees are still free in Scotland, I believe, and why should those in Scotland and Wales, get their bus passes earlier than their English counterparts?

I'm glad for the Welsh and Scottish, but it would be nice if the English didn't have to still stump up for these items.

xx

Marisco

clemmatis

SandraScarlett wrote: »

Why are we still referred to as "the United Kingdom" when we are clearly not united! Care home and uni fees are still free in Scotland, I believe, and why should those in Scotland and Wales, get their bus passes earlier than their English counterparts?

I'm glad for the Welsh and Scottish, but it would be nice if the English didn't have to still stump up for these items.

xx

Why should people living in Wales (English people live in Wales...) have to put up with NHS waiting lists that are massively longer than England's, an ambulance service that performs far more poorly than England, a lack of cancer drugs available in England?

I'm glad for "the English", but...

Marisco

Oh dear

merlin68

Another job you can do is as a taxi escort for disabled children, i just applied to all the taxi firms. You get £8 per run they always need cover. The driver picks you up and drops you home so no transport costs. It costs 76 for the badge but they take 2.50 out of your wages a week. There mainly pensioners who do this.

poet123

merlin68 wrote: »

Another job you can do is as a taxi escort for disabled children, i just applied to all the taxi firms. You get £8 per run they always need cover. The driver picks you up and drops you home so no transport costs. It costs 76 for the badge but they take 2.50 out of your wages a week. There mainly pensioners who do this.

That is a really good idea, at the college where I work a lot a students come by taxi with an escort.