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Unable to find lodgers, is this a dead period?
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It must have been August.
Now I'm full of requests and I just have to choose the applicant that fits best.
They are all happy of the house and - especially - with my terms.4 -
People did say it was quiet time!0
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It is also possible to get the housing benefit directly to you as the landlord. But if the DWP decide it was a fraudulent claim, they can recover the rent paid from you. Have had lodgers on benefits, and would never have the DWP paying rent directly to me to avoid such issues.silvercar said:
They pay the rent to the lodger, who then pays you. It is down to the tenant to make up any shortfall.pieroabcd said:Several people (some even totally unemployed) asked me if I accept DSS/UC applicants.
I really don't know how those state benefits work, so I've always replied that if there's a guarantor that can countersign we can talk about it.
I'm very unsure though. How is it possible that the DWP pays a whole monthly rent? For how long? And to whom, to them or to me (if I decided to take one of them in)?
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0
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