will i be able to claim anything?

LunaLady

Caz3121 wrote: »

what about the rent money from your house

Exactly what I was going to ask.

pmlindyloo

Mr_Pitiful wrote: »

Assuming your house is in England or Wales and your tenant has an assured shorthold tenancy.

If your tenant has only been there for 6 weeks you won't be able to end their tenancy until the end of their fixed term unless their are grounds to do so such as rent arrears. If there was no fixed term they have protection from eviction for 6 months. Even after the service of valid notice they still don't have to leave and you would then need to obtain a court order and bailiff warrant to get them out.

Absolutely true.

However, it is possible that the tenant may want to leave (you never know )

If both the LL and the tenant agree then the tenancy can be surrendered (must be done in writing)

I am not sure whether this would help though. You would have somewhere to live but no money to live there (although if you do get JSA you would be entitled to CT reduction.)

Since the house is not mortgaged the rent payments will be seen as income and although you may be entitled to contribution based JSA (based on NI contributions) you would not be entitled to income based JSA.

So, options.

1. See if your tenant wants to leave. If they do then stay with your friend and save up so that when you move back you have a 'nest egg' while you are sorting out your JSA and looking for work.

2. Stay where you are, work and find accommodation funded by wages and rental income.

3. Move back and use rental income to find shared accommodation, make a claim for contribution based JSA and look for work.

I'm sure you can mix and match but whatever way you look at it you should be fine although I am sure it is a worrying time for you.

Cycrow

you must be getting some rental income from your place, so couldn't you use that to rent out somewhere else ?

even ifs its just a flat share. You could also find one that included all your bills, or use the money from your job to cover those

Angelicdevil

rickshaw500 wrote: »

I will look for a job but know that they are few and far between in the area im from.

Would you not be better off staying in the area you have a job in already then?

rickshaw500

thanks everyone for the help, im going to stay with a friend until my tenants lease is up then move all my stuff back to my house. I shall stay with my friend during the week for 60.00 and just go home on the weekends, that way I get to keep my job and save up a bit till I decide otherwise.