Universal credit

kayleigh85

I work 31 hours a week and get help with my rent and council tax due to me been a single parent, they have recently stopped my rent and now I’ve got to pay 5 months back, they have told me if I want to claim housing benefits again I need to go on universal credit, I’m really confused with it am I gonna loose most my money now if I sign into it?

pmlindyloo

Why did they stop your housing benefit?  Did you start work?

maureenbulman

My friend is desperate for help,he has just went onto Universal Credit today,he was left about £9,000 in his mothers will recently.he has just signed up to get universal credit but does not know how much he will receive,any help would be gratefully appreciated.TIA.

KatrinaWaves

maureenbulman said:

My friend is desperate for help,he has just went onto Universal Credit today,he was left about £9,000 in his mothers will recently.he has just signed up to get universal credit but does not know how much he will receive,any help would be gratefully appreciated.TIA.

You r friend needs to start his own thread but there is not enough info there for anyone to help. Ask him to start a new thread with his marital status, if he is responsible for any children, is he working at all, disabled, etc.

He doesn't need to be desperate though, he has £9k so I am sure he has enough to last until he finds out what his UC award will be.

calcotti

kayleigh85 said:

I work 31 hours a week and get help with my rent and council tax due to me been a single parent, they have recently stopped my rent and now I’ve got to pay 5 months back, they have told me if I want to claim housing benefits again I need to go on universal credit, I’m really confused with it am I gonna loose most my money now if I sign into it?

Ignoring the other poster who jumped on your thread, what caused your Housing benefit and CTR to stop? Have they changed again? Do you get any other benefits (such as Tax Credits)?

kayleigh85

calcotti said:

kayleigh85 said:

I work 31 hours a week and get help with my rent and council tax due to me been a single parent, they have recently stopped my rent and now I’ve got to pay 5 months back, they have told me if I want to claim housing benefits again I need to go on universal credit, I’m really confused with it am I gonna loose most my money now if I sign into it?

Ignoring the other poster who jumped on your thread, what caused your Housing benefit and CTR to stop? Have they changed again? Do you get any other benefits (such as Tax Credits)?

They just said I wasn’t entitled to housing benefits anymore so I went onto universal credit and they have said I am entitled to housing benefits I just don’t understand it 

kayleigh85

pmlindyloo said:

Why did they stop your housing benefit?  Did you start work?

I was already working nothing changed at all I just had a letter to say I wasn’t entitled to housing benefits and had to pay it back, if I wanted to claim again I had to go on universal credit, so I came off the phone and phoned them straight away and they have said I’m entitled to housing benefits just doesn’t make sense

poppy12345

kayleigh85 said:

pmlindyloo said:

Why did they stop your housing benefit?  Did you start work?

I was already working nothing changed at all I just had a letter to say I wasn’t entitled to housing benefits and had to pay it back, if I wanted to claim again I had to go on universal credit, so I came off the phone and phoned them straight away and they have said I’m entitled to housing benefits just doesn’t make sense

It's been 6 months since you first posted your question, what have you done since then?

kayleigh85

poppy12345 said:

kayleigh85 said:

pmlindyloo said:

Why did they stop your housing benefit?  Did you start work?

I was already working nothing changed at all I just had a letter to say I wasn’t entitled to housing benefits and had to pay it back, if I wanted to claim again I had to go on universal credit, so I came off the phone and phoned them straight away and they have said I’m entitled to housing benefits just doesn’t make sense

It's been 6 months since you first posted your question, what have you done since then?

Universal credit are paying my rent but I’ve still got to pay back what housing benefit paid 🤷‍♀️