Universal credit query

[Deleted User]

Hi,

I need help with universal credit. They take too long to tell me how much I will get, nevermind the 5 week wait. I was told to wait until the 5th of this month to find out (which is a Saturday so I can't call in to question it).

I have £251 as a standard allowance and £479.00 as my housing element. However, on the website, it says I am due £0 this month. I understand that due to my earning they would have deducted the £251 allowance but I do need my housing allowance (it is stated on a separate section on the page) as I'm struggling to pay all bills and my rent is eating of most of my pay. It says that I am overall due £0 this month, despite many benefit calculators telling me I will get something for the housing side. Will I still get my housing part?

huckster

If it states nil payment is due, then that would mean your earnings deduction is more than your standard allowance and housing combined. So you will receive nothing.

How much earnings is stated on the statement ?

[Deleted User]

huckster wrote: »

If it states nil payment is due, then that would mean your earnings deduction is more than your standard allowance and housing combined. So you will receive nothing.

How much earnings is stated on the statement ?

Hi,

My take-home pay is £1517.75 so in total they took off £956.18. The standard rate + housing rate of unversal credut is comcombined to 730.77. My monthly rent is 1062.73.

Thanks

[Deleted User]

Hi,

My take-home pay is £1517.75 so in total they took off £956.18. The standard rate + housing rate of unversal credut is comcombined to 730.77. My monthly rent is 1062.73.

pmduk

AIUI, If your standard allowance together with housing element is £730.77. You will not receive UC if your earnings are above that (and at £956.18, they were).

If I'm wrong, I trust somebody with more expertise will be along to correct us both, my UC knowledge is purely theoretical, so far

calcotti

pmduk wrote: »

AIUI, If your standard allowance together with housing element is £730.77. You will not receive UC if your earnings are above that (and at £956.18, they were).

If I'm wrong, I trust somebody with more expertise will be along to correct us both, my UC knowledge is purely theoretical, so far

Not quite right. If the maximum UC entitlement is £730.77 no UC is payable if 63% of net earnings exceeds this figure. Earnings of £1159.95 or over will therefore result in a nil entitlement.

OP, you cannot treat the standard allowance and housing element separately, UC is one benefit. If this is your wage every month you will not get any UC. If there are months when you’re wage drops below £1159 you would get UC in those months.

Ineededaname

This is no more complicated than

My take-home pay is £1517.75 so in total they took off £956.18. The standard rate + housing rate of unversal credut is comcombined to 730.77. My monthly rent is 1062.73.

You aren't entitled to anything based on your earnings, I'm sorry.

Your rent is absurd

dawyldthing

If you put the details into entititledto.com I think it is you’ll find out what you can get. But that is a crazy amount of rent. I’d be looking more into renting somewhere more affordable. You could rent a near mansion in some parts of the country for that amount of money

poppy12345

dawyldthing wrote: »

If you put the details into entititledto.com I think it is you’ll find out what you can get. But that is a crazy amount of rent. I’d be looking more into renting somewhere more affordable. You could rent a near mansion in some parts of the country for that amount of money

With the Income from the OP the UC is reduced to zero as previously advised.

[Deleted User]

Thanks for this. What chaos there are causing! I have other bills as well as food to buy and they can't support me? I'm in London and everythings getting expensive. I need at least £300 a month which would be just enough.

dawyldthing

poppy12345 wrote: »

With the Income from the OP the UC is reduced to zero as previously advised.

Ah ok I read it wrong.

You’ll have to either get a second job or move op as that rent amount is rediculous.