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Father lost benefits because i bought the house he was living in

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  • sara_501
    sara_501 Posts: 157 Forumite
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    dmg24 wrote: »
    The issue that you have is that you cannot claim HB when you rent from a relative, unless you can show that there is a commercial agreement in place. I think you would have real problems showing a commercial agreement.

    Surely the OP could show commerical agreement if he went through a 3rd party, letting agent etc?
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    sara_501 wrote: »
    Surely the OP could show commerical agreement if he went through a 3rd party, letting agent etc?

    This would go towards meeting that criteria yes, but would increase the cost to the OP. It is clear from his posts that there would not really be a commercial agreement in place, so it is up to him as to whether he wishes to 'play' the system.
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