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council tax for renting room

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  • spezial
    spezial Posts: 348 Forumite
    instead of being a family member, can I be a close friend?
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    It doesn't matter what your status is: blood relative or complete stranger off the street. What does matter is that you are only staying there temporarily as the landlord's guest and therefore not paying him any rent.

    Lots of people do this and some people get caught. The only one to suffer financially will be your landlord. You'll just have to find somewhere else to live, of course, if he does.
  • spezial
    spezial Posts: 348 Forumite
    thank you for the clarification
    to be honest, the impression I got from all those landlords I lived with the last couple of years, maybe none of them actually declared me I think
  • vqmismatch
    vqmismatch Posts: 130 Forumite
    I have lived under, I suspect, very similar circumstances in a few places. I always put myself on the electoral register on supposed credit scoring grounds, then leave it to the landlord what he does with my money. They aren't necessarily happy but have yet to come up with a good argument as to why I should lose my vote and pay more for credit in future.

    If you know they are committing fraud then you should report it. If you suspect it then either you should confront them and say you will have nothing to do with it should they admit anything, or not ask.
  • spezial
    spezial Posts: 348 Forumite
    I am not british national so I can't register in the electoral register
  • katejo
    katejo Posts: 4,318 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    spezial wrote: »
    I am not british national so I can't register in the electoral register

    Are you an EU citizen? If so you can register.
  • spezial
    spezial Posts: 348 Forumite
    katejo wrote: »
    Are you an EU citizen? If so you can register.

    yes I am!
    so I can vote at these elections in may???
  • booksurr
    booksurr Posts: 3,700 Forumite
    spezial wrote: »
    yes I am!
    so I can vote at these elections in may???
    your inability to use google to get answers to factual questions is staggering

    http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/who-can-register-to-vote
  • Saver-upper
    Saver-upper Posts: 2,348 Forumite
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    Registration for voting in next month's election closes today.
    SPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
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  • spezial
    spezial Posts: 348 Forumite
    Registration for voting in next month's election closes today.

    Can I register online? ????
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