Housing benefit help please?

Housing_Benefit_Officer

So the dependant child now becomes a non dependent and earns their own income so they now have to pay their own way in life. Why should the state continue to subsidies them. The magic money tree of state handouts has to end at some stage. Your son now has to pay his own way and contribute towards the housing costs.

zzzLazyDaisy

Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »

So the dependant child now becomes a non dependent and earns their own income so they now have to pay their own way in life. Why should the state continue to subsidies them. The magic money tree of state handouts has to end at some stage. Your son now has to pay his own way and contribute towards the housing costs.

Nice. Is that how you deal with everyone who asks how their housing benefit has been calculated?

seven-day-weekend

zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »

Nice. Is that how you deal with everyone who asks how their housing benefit has been calculated?

I'm sure the Housing Benefits Officer behaves in a professional manner with clients, however they are also allowed to have their own private opinions on this forum, are they not?

Dunroamin

Shelldean wrote: »

We've had a chat and we agreed £50 a wk keep and we'll find the shortfall by juggling the debt repayments..Means we'll be paying longer but hopefully not too long and as skintmacflint said.... short term loss long term gain.

But, as I said earlier, there won't really be a shortfall, will there? I'm sure you must have been paying far more than £23 pw for him for pocket money, clothes, school expenses etc which you'll now no longer need to pay.

However, I'm glad that he's so willing to contribute to his keep - you've obviously brought him up well.

Shelldean

Dunroamin wrote: »

But, as I said earlier, there won't really be a shortfall, will there? I'm sure you must have been paying far more than £23 pw for him for pocket money, clothes, school expenses etc which you'll now no longer need to pay.

However, I'm glad that he's so willing to contribute to his keep - you've obviously brought him up well.

Actually not really, I'll still be buying is food (he has hollow legs) Pocket money... none of my kids get it. Clothes ... cant remember last time I brought any for him, hes not a clothesy person. and for the last yr of school the only two big expenses was a special PE kit and a two day trips.

Biggest expenses on this child are his food, and electric ( he always home)

Thank you for saying I've brought them up well, I do try. Finances are never hidden and the kids are well aware of our financial position. Things were hidden when I was young and I almost grew up believing money grew on tress. And as a result i've always used to ben reckless with money, so am making damm sure my kids dont do the same

Shelldean

Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »

So the dependant child now becomes a non dependent and earns their own income so they now have to pay their own way in life. Why should the state continue to subsidies them. The magic money tree of state handouts has to end at some stage. Your son now has to pay his own way and contribute towards the housing costs.

Can you tell me where exactly I asked the state to continue supporting him?

I was just shocked at how the figures worked out.
In the past when OH gets a pay rise, we KNOW that it will have a knock on effect on our housing benefit claim. We lose 65% of it striaghtaway, we then lose a bit a more for our CT Claim.
But despite this we still are better off by a couple of pounds.

Think last time OH got a rise and our claims were adjusted we was £3 better off per week. Not a huge amount, but still better off.

I thought with son going to work it would be the similar, but due to the way the figures worked out it is not even vaguely similar. We dont even break even.

I always knew the benefits would stop one day I didn't and dont think it's a bottomless pit.

but being on such a tight budget the figures made me whince and I couldn't quite believe what I was seeing.

Dunroamin

Shelldean wrote: »

Actually not really, I'll still be buying is food (he has hollow legs) Pocket money... none of my kids get it. Clothes ... cant remember last time I brought any for him, hes not a clothesy person. and for the last yr of school the only two big expenses was a special PE kit and a two day trips.

You've been getting over £70 per week for him and he doesn't get pocket money, clothes bought for him or any decent school trips? No wonder so many people believe that child related benefits are misused and should be cut!:mad:

Shelldean

Dunroamin wrote: »

You've been getting over £70 per week for him and he doesn't get pocket money, clothes bought for him or any decent school trips? No wonder so many people believe that child related benefits are misused and should be cut!:mad:

i was getting £56 a week for him, the rest of the shortfall is made up from HB losses.

He went on ALL school trips he was offered this yr!!! and for the record the two day trips total cost was £75 so hardly cheap day trips.
He's also been on all previous school trips offered including the residentials.

He refuses to go clothes shopping and being an awkward shape long and gangly, I cant buy w/o him being there to try on. When he needs clothes they are brought, he jsut hasn't had any for a while.

Dunroamin

Shelldean wrote: »

i was getting £56 a week for him, the rest of the shortfall is made up from HB losses.

He went on ALL school trips he was offered this yr!!! and for the record the two day trips total cost was £75 so hardly cheap day trips.
He's also been on all previous school trips offered including the residentials.

He refuses to go clothes shopping and being an awkward shape long and gangly, I cant buy w/o him being there to try on. When he needs clothes they are brought, he jsut hasn't had any for a while.

You seem to have forgotten the child benefit.

Shelldean

Dunroamin wrote: »

You seem to have forgotten the child benefit.

I have???
I got £43 CTC for this child
And £13 child benefit = £56