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Rent allowance - move out of parents house living with uncle in 2 bed council house

  • 28-08-2010 8:23pm
    #1
    ann100
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭


    Hi
    I am living in Co Laois
    Up to 2 weeks ago i was living at home with my parents and we were not getting on. and I had to move out. I am currently living with my uncle in a 2 bed council house he paying rent to the council every week for it. But I need accomdation of me own. Need help with rent.
    Would I get rent allowance. I am 22 years old single
    I am not working for the last 2 years and am on jobseekers allowance and get €196 per week
    I was looking at a 1 bed apartment in Ashgrove Mountmellick Laois
    Rent is €400 a month

    Any help appreciated
    Thanks


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  • #2
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    Getting Rent Supplement

    Rent Supplement will only be provided if the accommodation is suitable for your needs and the rent is below the maximum rent level set for your county.

    You may get Rent Supplement if you have been living for 6 months (183 days) out of the last 12 months in one, or a combination, of the following:

    * Accommodation for homeless people
    * Private rented accommodation. You must be able to show that you could afford the rent at the beginning of your tenancy and that you could have continued to pay rent but are unable to do so because of a change in your circumstances which occurred after you started renting.
    * An institution, for example, a hospital, care home or place of detention

    Or

    * Be assessed in the last 12 months by a local authority as being eligible for and in need of social housing. If you don't have a housing need assessment, you must go to the local authority to have your housing need assessed. The local authority must be in the same area that you intend to live and claim Rent Supplement. Only when you are assessed as eligible for and in need of housing can you apply for Rent Supplement. Rent Supplement is not payable while the local authority is carrying out a housing needs assessment.

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/supplementary-welfare-schemes/rent_supplement


  • #3
    twitch1984
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭twitch1984


    My friend was in a similar situation, her mother threw her out. She went to the local c.w.o and asked him what he could do for her, he told her that if she came up with the deposit on a place he could give her up to €108 per week rent allowance


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