Can he Claim

jillyflower

There is a chance my son will be out of work in the near future. He's 22 and lives with me and my 14 year old son. My question is would he be able to claim for help towards the money he pays me each month for his "keep"?
I think that a single person gets around £54 per week, but obviously this won't go far, he currently pays me £250 per month. I can't afford to let him off much, I could maybe manage on £200 per month.
Any advice would be much appreciated

Dunroamin

Jsa for under 25s is £56.80 pw or £246 pcm, so he'll be able to give you the lower amount and have a tenner a week for himself. Jsa is given specifically to pay for a person's living expenses so there is nothing extra he can claim.

jillyflower

Thanks for that. So if was living on his own in a flat he wouldn't manage to pay his bills and would become homeless??

Housing_Benefit_Officer

If he lived in his own flat he would be able to claim help towards his rent although if he was under 35 he would get the restricted SRR rate.

As he lives with you and you are his Mother he is prevented by law from claiming Housing Benefit. The state won't give you a penny although you can take a chunk of his social security benefits to pay for his food and keep.

Dunroamin

jillyflower wrote: »

Thanks for that. So if was living on his own in a flat he wouldn't manage to pay his bills and would become homeless??

If he was living in a flat share he could claim for LHA for the rent and then his JSA would pay for his food and utility bills. Obviously, as he's living at home, he doesn't have rent to pay and the money you take for his keep covers his share of the utilities and his food.

cattie

jillyflower wrote: »

I think that a single person gets around £54 per week, but obviously this won't go far, he currently pays me £250 per month. I can't afford to let him off much, I could maybe manage on £200 per month.
Any advice would be much appreciated

But would you be having to spend £50 more each week just on his living costs while he is living with you? It seems a bit mean to be expecting somebody who is temporarily out of work to be having to pay the greater part of their JSA to a parent.

It's summer at the moment, so heating bills etc, are much lower & I'm sure he doesn't eat £50 worth of food each week. Are you sure you can't adjust your spending elsewhere to allow your son at least a little more money to himself until he finds another job?

Poppie68

Blimey i can feed 5 of us on £50 a week.. your son will need money to attend the job centre, interviews etc while he is job searching, so his money would be better spent paying those expenses.

Dunroamin

cattie wrote: »

But would you be having to spend £50 more each week just on his living costs while he is living with you? It seems a bit mean to be expecting somebody who is temporarily out of work to be having to pay the greater part of their JSA to a parent.

It's summer at the moment, so heating bills etc, are much lower & I'm sure he doesn't eat £50 worth of food each week. Are you sure you can't adjust your spending elsewhere to allow your son at least a little more money to himself until he finds another job?

JSA is given to pay living expenses, not as pocket money - in fact I think that £10 pw for someone on benefits is quite generous. Even if heating costs are lower in the summer, there's all the other bills to be paid as normal and I doubt that £46 (not £50) would cover the son's share of these as well as his food.

nannytone_2

you doubt that £48 a week is enough for the soms share of the expenses?

yet in previous threads you have said that a singleton living alone should be able to cover ALL expenses on £53 a week .... and that you in fact, could do it?

make your mind up!

jacques_chirac

nannytone wrote: »

you doubt that £48 a week is enough for the soms share of the expenses?

yet in previous threads you have said that a singleton living alone should be able to cover ALL expenses on £53 a week .... and that you in fact, could do it?

make your mind up!

You seem to like talking about yourself nannytone. Perhaps you could create your own thread if you wish to debate how much you should be able to live off?

iammumtoone

I think you need to sit down and work out exactly how much your son living with you costs you per month. I don't think it will come to £50 per week to house and feed an extra person. At some point your son will be moving out and you need to be prepared for that and not rely on his rent.