Housing benefit question

wanderlust27

A friend and her husband lived in a council owned bungalow.....he became ill and they had help to convert for disability......they then purchased from the council at discount and sold to his daughter. The husband then did and my friend still lives in the house but claims housing benefit which goes to the daughter in law
I am not sure but to me this seems morally wrong.....is it ok to do this.

Mips

There is no blood connection.

Nice little earner :beer:

No idea if it is legal or not but it doesn't look legally wrong, just morally wrong.

Housing_Benefit_Officer

Wanderlust27 wrote: »

A friend and her husband lived in a council owned bungalow.....he became ill and they had help to convert for disability......they then purchased from the council at discount and sold to his daughter. The husband then did and my friend still lives in the house but claims housing benefit which goes to the daughter in law
I am not sure but to me this seems morally wrong.....is it ok to do this.

I would report them for suspected fraud.

Morlock

It might be considered to be what is known as a 'contrived tenancy'.

Caz3121

How long ago did they sell the house to the daughter? You cannot claim housing benefit for a property that you owned in the previous 5 years (with the exception of if it was being sold to avoid repossessions) I assume it was a long time ago if the money from the sale has all gone

Housing_Benefit_Officer

1) You can only rent a previous home if it was sold as part of a mortgage rescue scheme.

2) You can only claim HB for a previous owned home if you haven't owned it in the past 5 years.

3) If you sold a home below its market value I would question why you have deprived yourself of the capital value and where did the capital from the sale go?

Grey57

My daughter and her husband were told they could not claim in as their house they were renting from my daughters in laws. I don't know how councils work so only going on what they told me.

Poppie68

Wanderlust27 wrote: »

A friend and her husband lived in a council owned bungalow.....he became ill and they had help to convert for disability......they then purchased from the council at discount and sold to his daughter. The husband then did and my friend still lives in the house but claims housing benefit which goes to the daughter in law
I am not sure but to me this seems morally wrong.....is it ok to do this.

Is it the daughter or daughter in law?