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As above, could you buy something that means you!!!8217;ll not need benefits?
Could you use the money for additional training, or qualifications, so that you can get a higher paying jobs and come off benefits that way.
This could be a life-changing moment, it!!!8217;d be a shame if it just picks you up for a short while and you end up back on benefirpts again.0 -
What about buying a property to live in that doesn!!!8217;t require you to obtain housing benefit. There!!!8217;s plenty you could buy for 70k then you don!!!8217;t have to worry about mortgage or renting or meeting rules for housing benefit.
If your single you will get the 25% single rate
If it is shared ownership property bedroom tax/srr rules do not apply.I enjoy flower arranging, kittens, devil worship, the study of serial killers and their methods and road kill jigsaws.0 -
Afraid_of_Kittens wrote: »If it is shared ownership property bedroom tax/srr rules do not apply.
I think they meant the 25% single person discount on council tax.Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.0
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