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Supplementary Welfare Allowance Help

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  • 19-01-2011 12:07pm
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    jameskil
    Registered Users Posts: 58 ✭✭


    HI Guys,

    I applied for the rent allowance about 2 weeks ago. I got a letter today saying I was refused because;
    "Your circumstances indicate that you could not have reasonably afforded the rent from your own resources at the commencement of tenancy";
    "Evidence of housing need has not been established by the housing authority"

    I have been renting the apartment along with a friend since July 2010. I pay 220 euro a month, which is the max in order to be considered in sligo. Does this not rebut the first refusal claim, insofar as i have been affording the rent since the commencement, albeit barely? Also in my application, a copy of a letter from the sligo borough council was sent, which stated that i had short term housing needs. Perhaps this letter was misplaced by them? Or does short term needs equal no allowance awarded?
    Has anyone else had similar issues? I am going to appeal the decision but just wondered if anyone went through anything similar and what the outcome was.
    I am receiving job seekers allowance and was issued a medical card.

    Thanks for any help or advice you can offer
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