Housing Benefit

NotSoWorried · Apr 20th, 2009, 14:45 PM

Hiya;

Me & OH have just put down a deposit on a house for rent. We know we're entitled to pretty much the full rent of benefit.

But, just wondering whether we have to tell the estate agent or landlord that we're on the benefits, or whether we just pay it into the account the rent'll come out of. So?

Thankyou x

Tasha · Apr 20th, 2009, 15:00 PM

Depends, do you need to give references? If not there is no real reason as you ge thte benefits paid straight to you, if they ask though, dont lie x

babystar · Apr 20th, 2009, 15:06 PM

with our landlord basically we pay then the £450 a month and then the council pay that amount back into my bank account Housing Benefit wise. Some landlords prefer you to sort HB out with the council and some landlords prefer to do all the Housing Benefite details with the council themselves.

Eoz · Apr 20th, 2009, 15:14 PM

I'm not stalking you!!!!

I get H/B and I have told my landlord simply so I can pay him whenever I get it in the bank but the council always told me I did not need to say anything unless it was going direct to them.They do this now as people were struggling to get accomodation on H/B so now it's discretional.So basically if they don't ask then don't say!

NotSoWorried · Apr 20th, 2009, 15:25 PM

I like to be stalked

Thankyou for all your replies.

I think we'll just keep quiet. We'll have two accounts set up, so the rent'll go from the wage one and then it'll be paid back in.

How about with income support? Tbh, I know hardly anything about benefits.

Eoz · Apr 20th, 2009, 15:28 PM

You need to notify Income Support but you don't need to tell any1 you recieve it x

NotSoWorried · Apr 20th, 2009, 15:38 PM

Lovely jubley!

That's really reassured me. I was so scared they'd of rejected us if they found out.

Phew!

Eoz · Apr 20th, 2009, 15:52 PM

At the end of the day if the rent is paid then they don't need to bother you for anything and it's your personal buisness.Do you ask the landlord how much he earns?No so he shouldn't ask you x

NotSoWorried · Apr 20th, 2009, 16:01 PM

Good point.

Bugger off to the Oxfordshire thread madam

foxyroxie · Apr 21st, 2009, 05:41 AM

no the landlord doesnt have to no at all

Apr 20th, 2009, 14:45 PM	#1
NotSoWorried Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 209	Housing Benefit Hiya; Me & OH have just put down a deposit on a house for rent. We know we're entitled to pretty much the full rent of benefit. But, just wondering whether we have to tell the estate agent or landlord that we're on the benefits, or whether we just pay it into the account the rent'll come out of. So? Thankyou x

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Tasha Other BnB Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 13,739	Depends, do you need to give references? If not there is no real reason as you ge thte benefits paid straight to you, if they ask though, dont lie x
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Apr 20th, 2009, 15:06 PM	#3
babystar Pregnant (Expecting) Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 4,737	with our landlord basically we pay then the £450 a month and then the council pay that amount back into my bank account Housing Benefit wise. Some landlords prefer you to sort HB out with the council and some landlords prefer to do all the Housing Benefite details with the council themselves.

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Apr 20th, 2009, 15:14 PM	#4
Eoz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 5,834	I'm not stalking you!!!! I get H/B and I have told my landlord simply so I can pay him whenever I get it in the bank but the council always told me I did not need to say anything unless it was going direct to them.They do this now as people were struggling to get accomodation on H/B so now it's discretional.So basically if they don't ask then don't say!

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Apr 20th, 2009, 15:25 PM	#5
NotSoWorried Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 209	I like to be stalked Thankyou for all your replies. I think we'll just keep quiet. We'll have two accounts set up, so the rent'll go from the wage one and then it'll be paid back in. How about with income support? Tbh, I know hardly anything about benefits.

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Apr 20th, 2009, 15:28 PM	#6
Eoz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 5,834	You need to notify Income Support but you don't need to tell any1 you recieve it x

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Apr 20th, 2009, 15:38 PM	#7
NotSoWorried Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 209	Lovely jubley! That's really reassured me. I was so scared they'd of rejected us if they found out. Phew!

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Apr 20th, 2009, 15:52 PM	#8
Eoz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 5,834	At the end of the day if the rent is paid then they don't need to bother you for anything and it's your personal buisness.Do you ask the landlord how much he earns?No so he shouldn't ask you x

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NotSoWorried Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 209	Good point. Bugger off to the Oxfordshire thread madam

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Apr 21st, 2009, 05:41 AM	#10
foxyroxie Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Loughborough Leicestershire Posts: 2,413	no the landlord doesnt have to no at all

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