What am i entitled to? Working full time, living with sister claiming housing benefit

klmccorx

Recently, my Father whom I lived with in Housing Assosiation property passed away. Due to the succession of tenancy law, I have been given tenancy of the house.


My sister and her 3 year old has given up her tenancy on her own property to move into my Fathers house with me. My sister works part-time and is entitled to Housing benefit. The Housing Association has stated that as my sister is a non-dependant, her housing benefit will cover half of the rent and council tax, and as I am in full time employment, I will have to pay the remaining half of both.


I currently have no knowledge of the benefit system as I have never claimed benefits before and was wondering if there was any benefits that I would be entitled to.
I am 25 and I work full-time and receive approx. £850 every four weekly after tax.
Is anybody able to offer any assistance with this? I am unsure where to turn and the research that I am doing doesn't seem to offer much of a clear answer.
Many thanks, Kirsty

Indie_Kid

You may get working tax credits if you work for at least 30 hours per week.

fannyadams

Hi Kirsty
plug your numbers into this handy calculator and it'll tel you what benefits you could claim.

http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

HTH
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BigAunty

You earn greater than the NMW and I assume that your 50% share of the social housing rent/council tax could be modest so I'm not sure you'd get anything in the way of working tax credit, much in the way of HB or council tax discount at all.

Is your sister going to contribute to household expenses like energy, insurance, water, telecoms bills, etc? This would help you.

Still worth checking the Turn2us online benefit calculator to check for any HB, CT and WTC entitlements. There are no other benefits you'd be entitled to unless you have dependents or disabilities.

Your sister could check as well, though to be honest, unless she's 25 or over and works 30 hours or more, then she wouldn't get WTC and she's already getting HB and CT. Is she in the position to work full time and contribute more to general living expenses/shared bills?

EDIT - apologies, as pointed out, a lone parent only needs to work 16 hours to qualify for WTC, missed the bit about your sister having a kid. She's probably getting more or greater income than you despite working part time because of her dependent, possible receipt of WTC if she's meeting hte 16 hour threshold, plus any child support payments she receives from her ex doesn't affect her benefits.

pmlindyloo

klmccorx wrote: »

Recently, my Father whom I lived with in Housing Assosiation property passed away. Due to the succession of tenancy law, I have been given tenancy of the house.


My sister and her 3 year old has given up her tenancy on her own property to move into my Fathers house with me. My sister works part-time and is entitled to Housing benefit. The Housing Association has stated that as my sister is a non-dependant, her housing benefit will cover half of the rent and council tax, and as I am in full time employment, I will have to pay the remaining half of both.


I currently have no knowledge of the benefit system as I have never claimed benefits before and was wondering if there was any benefits that I would be entitled to.
I am 25 and I work full-time and receive approx. £850 every four weekly after tax.
Is anybody able to offer any assistance with this? I am unsure where to turn and the research that I am doing doesn't seem to offer much of a clear answer.
Many thanks, Kirsty

Are you sure that your sister is being classed as a non dependent? Usually non dependents are not entitled to HB and CT support.

Is she named on the tenancy agreement as a joint tenant?

klmccorx

pmlindyloo wrote: »

Are you sure that your sister is being classed as a non dependent? Usually non dependents are not entitled to HB and CT support.

Is she named on the tenancy agreement as a joint tenant?

Yes she is on the tenancy, we are joint tenants.

klmccorx

blondebubbles wrote: »

What is your income before deductions?

Approx £900. £850 after taxes per month.

pmlindyloo

I suspect that you are enquiring because your sister seems to be better off than you even though she is working only part time. The fact that she has a child means that she is also getting Child Benefit and Child Tax Credits.

I think you may be entitled to a little working tax credit and may be a little HB and CT support. ( depending on how much your share of the rent is). Just apply and see what they say.

Single mums with children are well supported by the benefit system.