Housing Benefit

bigbill

acs61 said:

im 64 live in a house which mortgage keeps going above 500 ,, my 2 adult sons live with me to help with bills etc,  i work 18 hrs a week  yet im not eligible for any of the handouts,, ,,,why
im low income  bills and debt like most people but dont qualify for help, im on the edge every month ,, is there no way of getting any help with gas heating , bills etc    benefit checker say no, british gas say only vouchers for electric,,,  HELP

Previously you would have got Working Tax Credits but not now sorry, another example of why UC was introduced to save money. 

acs61

thankyou,  just about sums up my luck 

poppy12345

acs61 said:

thankyou,  just about sums up my luck 

Do you have a health condition? If so do you claim either PIP or DLA?

sammyjammy

bigbill said:

acs61 said:

im 64 live in a house which mortgage keeps going above 500 ,, my 2 adult sons live with me to help with bills etc,  i work 18 hrs a week  yet im not eligible for any of the handouts,, ,,,why
im low income  bills and debt like most people but dont qualify for help, im on the edge every month ,, is there no way of getting any help with gas heating , bills etc    benefit checker say no, british gas say only vouchers for electric,,,  HELP

Previously you would have got Working Tax Credits but not now sorry, another example of why UC was introduced to save money. 

You have no idea whether the OP would have been entitled to working tax credits!

OP can you look at another part time job?  

nannytone_2

Brie said:

@acs61
you say "british gas say only vouchers for electric"

does this mean you don't pay/use any electric?  I'm not sure how that's possible.

I presume yjr OP has a pre payment meter, and the vouchers are the 400 that everyone is getting

calcotti

bigbill said:

acs61 said:

im 64 live in a house which mortgage keeps going above 500 ,, my 2 adult sons live with me to help with bills etc,  i work 18 hrs a week  yet im not eligible for any of the handouts,, ,,,why
im low income  bills and debt like most people but dont qualify for help, im on the edge every month ,, is there no way of getting any help with gas heating , bills etc    benefit checker say no, british gas say only vouchers for electric,,,  HELP

Previously you would have got Working Tax Credits but not now sorry, another example of why UC was introduced to save money. 

Would have been eligible for Working Tax Credit but not have been entitled to anything in the same way OP is eligible for UC but not entitled to UC due to earnings being received.

Silvertabby

nannytone_2 said:

Brie said:

@acs61
you say "british gas say only vouchers for electric"

does this mean you don't pay/use any electric?  I'm not sure how that's possible.

I presume yjr OP has a pre payment meter, and the vouchers are the 400 that everyone is getting

The vouchers/credit/rebate are applied to electricity bills because  while 99% of people have mains electric, not everyone has gas.

Asking each customer which bill they wanted the credit to be applied to would have been too costly and time consuming.

But, even in the cases of low electric/high gas users, surely applying the credit to the electric account frees up the money that would have been used for electricity to pay for other things - such as the gas bill?  Or am I missing something?

pinkladyvenus

peter57 said:

I cannot understand why Housing Benefit is not included in the £650 cost of living payment, have yet to find the answer.

think this is the reason which is no help to those who only claim housing benefit https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-28/26876# .