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Recovering lost rent from housing benefit tenant.... any hope?
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Don't let this put you off renting. Indeed, if you decide to rent it out again and decide to opt for a benefits claimant, set the rent to the highest that the local authority allows.
This will be higher than private rent and has the advantage that if the tenant cannot meet the top-ups, then that is not an issue as you will be getting a higher rent than you would to a private tenant anyway.
In fact, there are Lettings Agencies who specialise in doing this as they can get away with charging £700 per month for a property that in the private market would only get £550 per month for.
Doesnt apply in a lot of areas. Round here you wouldnt get a property below the HB level. Havent a clue where they calculate the 30t percentile of market rent, but it bears no resemblance to the real world.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
sinizterguy wrote: »You set a rent for your property.
Someone agrees to pay it.
Simple.
It's no more fraud / unethical than your high street supermarket's markup on items they offer for sale.
Yes, but they're agreeing to pay it from the public purse.
It's as people on benefit got food stamps and if the supermarket had higher prices when they paid with stamps.0 -
Thanks all for your help and apologies I have been slow to come back to the thread - I have been in contact with the council and put in all the info to get the HB paid direct to me so fingers crossed - thanks very much again for taking the time to read my essay!!
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