what help would she be entitled to?

Carmk2008

Its became clear that its time for our eldest to move out. She is nearly 19 and shows absolutely no respect to us and refuses to follow any house rules, so we think its best she gets her own place we have said we will help with deposits and furnishings.
She works part time, 20hrs a week on just above minimums wage and is starting college in a week or two. So what benefits would she qualify for to help her out, I have no idea on any of this as I've never had to apply for any before. Thanks.

aneary

If she is entitled to Housing Benefit it would be capped at the cost of a room in a shared house.

If you go onto the government benefits site you will be able to put in all the details and see what comes up.

You may find it hard to get any educational loans as when I went to Uni at 25 I had to prove that I had not lived at my parents home for 2 years to get access to my loan under my own circumstances rather than being means tested on my parents earnings.

SnooksNJ

Carmk2008 wrote: »

Its became clear that its time for our eldest to move out. She is nearly 19 and shows absolutely no respect to us and refuses to follow any house rules, so we think its best she gets her own place we have said we will help with deposits and furnishings.
She works part time, 20hrs a week on just above minimums wage and is starting college in a week or two. So what benefits would she qualify for to help her out, I have no idea on any of this as I've never had to apply for any before. Thanks.

I'm not sure if there is an immature disrespectful person benefit. I went to school and worked full time at 19. But on this site apparently that is "impractical advice".

Guest101

Certainly can do more than 20 hours! Bar work alone can be 40 hours outside of college times

aneary

Guest101 wrote: »

Certainly can do more than 20 hours! Bar work alone can be 40 hours outside of college times

If you are prepared to get rubbish results.

aneary

https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

This is probably what you need.

Mojisola

Carmk2008 wrote: »

so we think its best she gets her own place we have said we will help with deposits and furnishings.

'Her own place' is optimistic. A room in a shared house is what she needs to look for.

Guest101

aneary wrote: »

If you are prepared to get rubbish results.

That's down to the person, not the number of hours they work

aneary

Guest101 wrote: »

That's down to the person, not the number of hours they work

Depending on the course you need to work on the course for a set number of hours a week outside of the classroom if you are also spending 40 hours a week working you cannot also participate in full time education.

Lurkingtoposting17

aneary wrote: »

If you are prepared to get rubbish results.

Worked full time, and studied full time for my degree (40 hour work week, plus around 2/4 hour commute each day depending on the site and traffic). I now have two degrees with decent results. Also owned my own flat whilst doing those things (started my degree at 21 finished at 24).

Entirely depends on how motivated the daughter is. She maybe disrespectful to her parents, but doesn't mean she is prepared to live alone nor does she understand the financial impact of what it would cost her or be financially responsible to pay her way. I would suggest a daughter who is "disrespectful" and "disengaged" may not be motivated to work hard at her studies or at working to provide for her independence. In my experience, of course. I don't wish to make assumptions about OP's daughter, just being devils advocate.

OP - my friend was "kicked out" by her parents at a similar age. She now has CCJ's and a terrible credit history as she just did not understand the financial impact of the decision she made at that age. If you do push ahead with helping your daughter move out, please make sure she is fiscally responsible and informed on the consequences.

I really had some awful years with my parents at a similar age, but we did get through them. I am living at home whilst my first house purchase goes through now (age 30...) been back at home for 4 years and it is still tough. If you can tough it out, it will help her get ahead in the long term. But if you can't please be prepared to help.

TBagpuss

http://www.entitledto.co.uk/ is useful to work out what she would be eligible to claim.

As others have said, at 19 any housing help would be limited to the cost of a room in a shared property, not to a flat of her own, and her status as a student will also be relevant. Is the course she is doing classed as full time education? This will make a difference to what she is entitled to claim.