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System

Our Son pays £25 a week. Ok its not a lot but an apprentices' wage isnt that high and his Dad can afford to support him.

gettingtheresometime

I suppose a compromise would be to pay £250 on the proviso that he saves at least £200 per month so that he can afford to move out at some point.

annandale

They need to sit down and work out a fair rent given that I assume she'll be declaring it as income. The more she takes in rent, the more it will affect her HB.

They need to take everything going into the house into account and what if any effect it will have on HB.

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That is far too high, he is being penalised for having broke parents needing subsidy.

I think £50 a week is fair otherwise how is he ever going to get some savings together for his own future property.

You should not take advantage of your children just because you haven't got yourself sorted with a job or decent pension.

r2015

They lost some rent benefits because he started working.


They never had to pay full council tax, now they do.


His mother gives him £3.00 a day for his dinner, washes his clothes and cleans his room, he does nothing around the house.


They also have internet which they pay for but it was installed for him.


Before he started working he stayed with us at the weekend monopolizing my computer and internet and showering for half an hour at a time, he did suggest coming to live with me and his gran but that's a no no.


We like being on our own.

annandale

Now that he's working assuming that he's been paid his first wage he should be paying for his own lunches, if it's work lunches she's paying for.

She will lose hb entitlements if the family income increases, that's reality.

greyfox

annandale wrote: »

They need to sit down and work out a fair rent given that I assume she'll be declaring it as income. The more she takes in rent, the more it will affect her HB.

They need to take everything going into the house into account and what if any effect it will have on HB.

The amount of "keep" the son pays isn't treated as income for HB (or other benefits). There will be a non-dependant deduction (from both HB and Council Tax help) but that depends on the age/income etc of the non-dependant, not the amount they're paying as "keep".

They'll need to tell the council that the son has started earning, & how much he earns, but not how much he's paying them.

It's not the same as income from a lodger who's living somewhere on a commercial basis.

annandale

That's fair enough.

r2015

They'll need to tell the council that the son has started earning, & how much he earns,

He is actually working for the council, they know how much he earns.

Pollycat

I think it would be a good idea if the lad and his parents sat down and went through the household expenditure so he can understand how much utility and food bills are and the impact him starting work has had on his parents' income.

To put things into perspective, the £3 per day his Mum gives him for his lunches comes to £65 per month.

If he's anything like reasonable, he'll accept that £100 per month just isn't a fair amount.
If he's not reasonable, I'd tell him to close the door on his way out.