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Mary_Harvey
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I injured my back at work in June and have been receiving statutory sick pay since.
My rent from a private landlord was £550 per month. I wasn't getting enough in universal credit and housing benefit to cover the bills. To stop myself getting into debt, I have moved into my brother and sister in laws house.
I pay £85 a week, which leaves me £12 a week for petrol, personal items and my mobile phone contract.
Universal credit will not help with my rent as I am related to the landlord, but he usually rents this room out and I am getting no preferential treatment or family rates.
I am at my wits end. What can I do?
My rent from a private landlord was £550 per month. I wasn't getting enough in universal credit and housing benefit to cover the bills. To stop myself getting into debt, I have moved into my brother and sister in laws house.
I pay £85 a week, which leaves me £12 a week for petrol, personal items and my mobile phone contract.
Universal credit will not help with my rent as I am related to the landlord, but he usually rents this room out and I am getting no preferential treatment or family rates.
I am at my wits end. What can I do?
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Sounds rough. I make suggestions, but with no judgement about your situation. You haven't given a lot of detail.
- Get a new job that you can do with an injured back
- Rent a room from someone else so you can claim housing benefit
- Stop buying petrol and personal items. If you aren't going anywhere because lockdown and you aren't working, your outgoings are probably lower than normal. Get a cheaper phone contract
- Negotiate with your brother.
- Present as homeless to the council
- Find ways to make money online or part-time. Do deliveroo or uber eats driving. Sell stuff on ebay.
Good luck
Save £12k in 2025 #33 £2531.77/£5000 (If this carries on I might have to up my target!)
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