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Rent Allowance

  • 19-09-2010 7:43pm
    #1
    Timmythedonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭


    Hi can anyone help me??? My husband and I seperated in June. He moved out of our house and is just getting round to applying for Rent Allowance as he's not been well. He has been told that because our home is an asset he will not be entitled to rent allowance!!!

    He is on Job Seekers Allowance and is currently left with very little money at the end of every week to feed himself.

    I am presuming I have the right to stay in our home with the children????:confused::confused::confused:


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  • #2
    fish6483
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭fish6483


    assuming the house is in both ur names it will count against ur means test to figure out how much he would be entitled to. best thing for him to do is go down to the community welfare agency and plead his case. he should also look in to threshold.com and st vincent de pauls as well as often they will provide resources for housing. also might be woth checking if he could get on a disbility payment as u metioned he wasnt well.


  • #3
    fish6483
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭fish6483


    fish6483 wrote: »
    assuming the house is in both ur names it will count against ur means test to figure out how much he would be entitled to. best thing for him to do is go down to the community welfare agency and plead his case. he should also look in to threshold.com and st vincent de pauls as well as often they will provide resources for housing. also might be woth checking if he could get on a disbility payment as u metioned he wasnt well.
    and yes of course u have the right to stay in ur house unless he trys to evict you and the children which is very unlikely


  • #4
    Timmythedonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Timmythedonkey


    Thanks for that - He say's he's already spoken to a Community Welfare Officer and they told him that he would not be entitled to Rent Allowance as this is his house too and that he has somewhere to live (i.e. HERE!!!) I have also told him to apply for Diability allowance as he is not well enough for work.


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