Can a council tenant on housing benefit rent another property privately?

vintagebrighton

I don't see how you can afford to pay rent on a second property if your income is low enough that you need housing benefit for a council tenancy.

However, for most secure tenancies, your property has to be your ONLY OR PRINCIPAL HOME. Therefore, in theory you could have a 'home' elsewhere going by your tenancy agreement. Whether this will affect your housing benefit or not is a different question altogether.

VB x

Mojisola

NYM wrote: »

Same poster...used two different user names. lucinka77 and stars2012

The OPs are both stars2012 when click on the two threads.

stars2012

NYM wrote: »

Two posters with identical questions

ooops....we're newbies here - we didn't know one can't post identical questions on two different threads. We did that to get more varied replies, because one thread was about housing and other about tax and benefits - both of which fits into our question... If it's against the forum rules, then apologies!

NYM

stars2012 wrote: »

ooops....we're newbies here - we didn't know one can't post identical questions on two different threads. We did that to get more varied replies, because one thread was about housing and other about tax and benefits - both of which fits into our question... If it's against the forum rules, then apologies!

Nothing to apologise for and I don't believe it's against any rules

As you've since changed all posts to your current user name I was just curious.

stars2012

Mojisola wrote: »

The OPs are both stars2012 when click on the two threads.

Yeah, that's still me - the same person. I only changed my username.

stars2012

NYM wrote: »

Nothing to apologise for and I don't believe it's against any rules

As you've since changed all posts to your current user name I was just curious.

hehe, I suddenly started feeling like a fraudster hiding under two usernames...;)

NYM

Getting back to your question...

If your friend will be letting the property to you, does he have permission from his mortgage company (if mortgaged) and will you be paying the Council Tax or will he ?

Is it near your current property ?

As you are running your own business, will you be claiming your expenses on the 2nd property ?