Housing benefit - No. of bedrooms - Page 2

Tegans Mama · Jan 2nd, 2010, 14:30 PM

Although I imagine to have a 10 bed you'd be loaded anyway

Serene123 · Jan 2nd, 2010, 14:32 PM

Thank you ladies! xx

AppleBlossom · Jan 2nd, 2010, 14:45 PM

I'm in a 3 bed but in terms of HB only entitled to 2 but I still get some money from them I just have to pay the extra since this house costs more to rent than a smaller one

Serene123 · Jan 2nd, 2010, 14:46 PM

And so the house hunting commenses.................!

Eoz · Jan 2nd, 2010, 14:54 PM

No hun you do not get it all paid.

I have a 3 bed house and have 4 kids but only receive child benefit for 2 so i have to pay for the 3rd room.An extra 160 a month.Not easy on Income support i can tell you.you can get local housing allowance but they do look at your needs 1st and child benefit is a huge factor x

Serene123 · Jan 2nd, 2010, 14:57 PM

We were expecting to have to pay the whole wack to be honest, I didn't feel like we would be entitled to anything as we can manage the full rent pretty easily, but I went on entitledto.co.uk to find out about WTC (which we get NONE!) and it said we were entitled to housing benefit x

Eoz · Jan 2nd, 2010, 15:00 PM

Oh yes you will be entitled to some because of LO even my single mate who gets 1000 a month gets a little bit of help.It is all circumstances and there is a bracket to which they pay but beware as i took this house on thinking i'd get help as i was told but nope not at all.Best check with the local council.Sometimes they have on line calculators on their sites x

Serene123 · Jan 2nd, 2010, 15:03 PM

Well we budgeted to not get anything, so we'll still manage without it... Hope we do get it though!

Eoz · Jan 2nd, 2010, 15:06 PM

You should get some hun. Remember though they take up to 12 weeks to sort out claims.Shocked you don't get working tax but whilst you get child tax cred you should other things ie H/B x

oOKayOo · Jan 2nd, 2010, 15:07 PM

If you get a good wage you wont get any help , going by what you said before about how OH earns a fair good wage higher then some i dobt you will get any. We dont get any help with council tax nor housing benefit and our wage shot down last year and still arnt eligible.

I guess if the place has a silly amount of rent you may??

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Tegans Mama Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sunny Derbyshire Posts: 12,026	Although I imagine to have a 10 bed you'd be loaded anyway

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Jan 2nd, 2010, 14:32 PM	#12
Serene123 Other Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 32,048	Thank you ladies! xx

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AppleBlossom Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Liverpool, UK Posts: 25,860	I'm in a 3 bed but in terms of HB only entitled to 2 but I still get some money from them I just have to pay the extra since this house costs more to rent than a smaller one

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Serene123 Other Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 32,048	And so the house hunting commenses.................!

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Jan 2nd, 2010, 14:54 PM	#15
Eoz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 5,834	No hun you do not get it all paid. I have a 3 bed house and have 4 kids but only receive child benefit for 2 so i have to pay for the 3rd room.An extra 160 a month.Not easy on Income support i can tell you.you can get local housing allowance but they do look at your needs 1st and child benefit is a huge factor x

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Jan 2nd, 2010, 14:57 PM	#16
Serene123 Other Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 32,048	We were expecting to have to pay the whole wack to be honest, I didn't feel like we would be entitled to anything as we can manage the full rent pretty easily, but I went on entitledto.co.uk to find out about WTC (which we get NONE!) and it said we were entitled to housing benefit x

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Jan 2nd, 2010, 15:00 PM	#17
Eoz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 5,834	Oh yes you will be entitled to some because of LO even my single mate who gets 1000 a month gets a little bit of help.It is all circumstances and there is a bracket to which they pay but beware as i took this house on thinking i'd get help as i was told but nope not at all.Best check with the local council.Sometimes they have on line calculators on their sites x

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Jan 2nd, 2010, 15:03 PM	#18
Serene123 Other Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 32,048	Well we budgeted to not get anything, so we'll still manage without it... Hope we do get it though!

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Jan 2nd, 2010, 15:06 PM	#19
Eoz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 5,834	You should get some hun. Remember though they take up to 12 weeks to sort out claims.Shocked you don't get working tax but whilst you get child tax cred you should other things ie H/B x

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Jan 2nd, 2010, 15:07 PM	#20
oOKayOo Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South West Posts: 6,226	If you get a good wage you wont get any help , going by what you said before about how OH earns a fair good wage higher then some i dobt you will get any. We dont get any help with council tax nor housing benefit and our wage shot down last year and still arnt eligible. I guess if the place has a silly amount of rent you may??

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