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Universal Credit claim for Housing Costs (house is in my name, but son lives there)
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Hi all,
Tried to describe best in title, but difficult to!
Situation is, I rent a house that my son lives in, shared with two friends. They pay their share of costs, but my son is having to claim universal credit. Seeing as I don't live in the house, he is responsible for rent and needs to claim his portion of costs.
Would the tenancy agreement in my name plus a signed letter from me declaring that I don't live there etc be enough proof of his costs? The landlord is aware of the living arrangements, but can't sign over to his name while he is on benefits.
Any suggestions or help much appreciated 👍
Tried to describe best in title, but difficult to!
Situation is, I rent a house that my son lives in, shared with two friends. They pay their share of costs, but my son is having to claim universal credit. Seeing as I don't live in the house, he is responsible for rent and needs to claim his portion of costs.
Would the tenancy agreement in my name plus a signed letter from me declaring that I don't live there etc be enough proof of his costs? The landlord is aware of the living arrangements, but can't sign over to his name while he is on benefits.
Any suggestions or help much appreciated 👍
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You are the legal tenant.
Your son cannot claim for a tenancy he isn't party to.2 -
Why can he not sign over to your son if he's on benefits?That's no longer legal. And if that's in the landlord's mortgage, it's unenforceable.
https://blog.shelter.org.uk/2020/07/no-dss-landmark-court-ruling declares housing-benefit discrimination is unlawful /
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Also I believe being the parent makes it extra tricky, you can’t claim benefits to house your own children. It’s a given you’ll support them1
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Where the parent is the landlord, yes - unless it can be shown that it's a fully commercial tenancy, including being willing and ready to evict should the market-level rent be unpaid.Angela_D_3 said:Also I believe being the parent makes it extra tricky, you can’t claim benefits to house your own children. It’s a given you’ll support them
But that's not the situation here.
The son isn't even the tenant. The OP is the tenant. The tenant is not financially dependent on benefits.1 -
The agreement between you and the owner is separate from the between you and your son. Sounds to me like you’re the tenant and your son is the sub-tenant so there should be a separate tenancy agreement between you (his landlord) and your son (the sub-tenant).1
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The LL is under no obligation to reassign the tenancy or create a new one.newsgroupmonkey_ said:Why can he not sign over to your son if he's on benefits?That's no longer legal. And if that's in the landlord's mortgage, it's unenforceable.
https://blog.shelter.org.uk/2020/07/no-dss-landmark-court-ruling declares housing-benefit discrimination is unlawful /I am interested in your second point about mortgage terms around benefits claimants being unenforceable. Have you got a link to this?0
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