Can anyone help? Friend can't pay Priority Bills

moneyonmymindsam

Thanks to all who offered advice

[Deleted User]

She's wasting her money, making a £1 token payment to TV Licensing.

Failure to make the required payments, as per the payment scheme, results in the licence being revoked.

She's simply throwing money away.

Better to save her money, by canceling the licence, and stopping watching/recording live TV, and (as of next month), watching Catch-up on BBC I-Player.

datlex

OP why is your friend not able to get benefits?

Please ignore the advice of the above poster http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/bbc-iplayer-and-the-tv-licence&WT.mc_id=mec_Search_Brand

moneyonmymindsam

They where turned away when they applied but I think its more a case of pride where they didn't do enough to claim what they where due.


I think the housing is a priority for now.

Grumpelstiltskin

£1250 rent per month for a single female?


Where is she living ?

[Deleted User]

datlex wrote: »

Please ignore the advice of the above poster http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/bbc-iplayer-and-the-tv-licence&WT.mc_id=mec_Search_Brand

Please explain why my advice should be ignored.

missbiggles1

As a (presumably) healthy adult she has zero chance of being offered social housing. I'd suggest that she looks for somewhere else to live asap, somewhere very much cheaper.

enthusiasticsaver

First thing is to find somewhere cheaper to live £1250 on a less than £1500 monthly wage, ignoring arrears is not sustainable. If she is single then a room in a shared house is much cheaper than self contained. Is it London?

enthusiasticsaver

Just to be clear I would also suggests she speaks to her landlord rather than just not making rent payments. He or she then needs to be treated as an unsecured creditor once a cheaper place found. Maybe the landlord would accept lower rent whilst this being sorted.

dancingfairy

With the 750 I'd sort the car so can get to work. Then council tax, and others. Why can they not pay say 300 towards rent arrears to show willing?
Why can't they get a lodger?
Df

moneyonmymindsam

She wont pass the credit checks with an agency property due to redundancy is two months in arrears with everything has no deposit until 30th September, and has a pet - says no one wants to know... Was made redundant and new job is much lower pay - been trying for 3 months to get lodger and 2nd jobs.
I think the best advice here is to give everyone a token payment and save money to move on 30th September - then use her excess once housed to make payments to all her debts.