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Can i claim housing benefit for a house owned by my father
i recieve housing benefit for a house which i rent from a private landlord.
he has told me that the mortgage payments for the house i am renting from him have gone up
I spoke to the council and they told me i have to cover the shortfall myself as i allready recieve the maximum ammount of benefit.
There is no way i can cover the shortfall so my father has aggreed to buy a house and let it to me (buy to let)
Will i still be able to claim housing benefit?
he has told me that the mortgage payments for the house i am renting from him have gone up
I spoke to the council and they told me i have to cover the shortfall myself as i allready recieve the maximum ammount of benefit.
There is no way i can cover the shortfall so my father has aggreed to buy a house and let it to me (buy to let)
Will i still be able to claim housing benefit?
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yes it will be ok, cos my dad and i did the same thing, as long as it is done properly with tenacy agreement and rent book and all that, and of course you have to be seen to be paying the shortfall.
09:03 Tue 07th Sep 2010
yes me too OTT...but in my case, my dads business is being a landlord...he owns numerous properties, bought with the intention of receiving rent - from whoever can pay it
id have been pisht off if he hadnt allowed me to live in one
and i dont know many fathers who wouldnt have wanted their daughters in a safe nice house, where they know they are not at the mercy of dodgy electrics or gas or weirdo landlords etc
the only extra benefit for me an my dad is convenience and security...theres no scam he gets no extra money from it and neither do i...just peace of mind
id have been pisht off if he hadnt allowed me to live in one
and i dont know many fathers who wouldnt have wanted their daughters in a safe nice house, where they know they are not at the mercy of dodgy electrics or gas or weirdo landlords etc
the only extra benefit for me an my dad is convenience and security...theres no scam he gets no extra money from it and neither do i...just peace of mind
you see, that makes no sense...being related to someone does not mean they are obliged to keep you...i would not expect my dad to do that.
this is not temporarily putting me up for a few months...this is my home and has been fpr 15 years...
oot...so its fine for me to get my rent paid to some other landlord who is a stranger....?
what exactly is the difference? what does it matter who gets the rent?
if i lived elsewhere and he had someone else for a tennant...the outcome would be the same for me and him...we but both have rent paid...so seriously - whats the difference...
the difference appears to be only the paper work!
(kindly remember this post is not about the rights and wrongs of housing benefit...its about being related to your landlord)
by me living there free i would be depriving my dad of an income...thats his business
you see, its all knee jerk...you say its wrong, but your reasons amount to nothing more than "it just is"
and please dont spout the 'morally wrong' rubbish...as i say, the monetary outcome is the same as if he had strangers as tennants and if i lived in a house with a stranger for a landlord...morals dont come into it.
and the fact that my dad is 81 (not 90ish) means he cant afford to just give a house away unfortunately
your 'arguments' make no sense
this is not temporarily putting me up for a few months...this is my home and has been fpr 15 years...
oot...so its fine for me to get my rent paid to some other landlord who is a stranger....?
what exactly is the difference? what does it matter who gets the rent?
if i lived elsewhere and he had someone else for a tennant...the outcome would be the same for me and him...we but both have rent paid...so seriously - whats the difference...
the difference appears to be only the paper work!
(kindly remember this post is not about the rights and wrongs of housing benefit...its about being related to your landlord)
by me living there free i would be depriving my dad of an income...thats his business
you see, its all knee jerk...you say its wrong, but your reasons amount to nothing more than "it just is"
and please dont spout the 'morally wrong' rubbish...as i say, the monetary outcome is the same as if he had strangers as tennants and if i lived in a house with a stranger for a landlord...morals dont come into it.
and the fact that my dad is 81 (not 90ish) means he cant afford to just give a house away unfortunately
your 'arguments' make no sense
sigh. still no logical reason.
I can see you just want to believe you are right and are convinced this situation is somehow dodgy...yet you cannot give me a proper reason why other than 'it just is'
i have explained numerous times now why it makes no difference but you choose to ignore that.
as already, why should I expect my father to support me free of charge?
he is not poverished...but he is an oap and not everyone can just afford to support other people and i am amazed that so many here just think parents should house their adult kids for free
ummm...his pension is irrelevant - why should he just give me a house to live in?
why should he forego rent just because we are related?
it is only what id get if i lived elsewhere, and what hed get if someone else lived there.
look at it this way...if they decided to change the law and made it illegal for people to get housing benefit on a property owned by a relative...what exactly do you think would change?
do you think it would would somehow be different?
no...nothing would change - other than an bit of inconvenience for some people...
all that would happen is i would move out of the house...and move into somewhere else owned by a stranger...and then get the housing to pay them for my rent...
and all that would happen to my dad...is he'd get another tennant - a stranger - and get rent off them instead...
so you see...no change whatsover...expect some mild inconvenience...
the end outcome would be the same....
why is this so hard for people to grasp?
also this post is not about me or my situation...its about the law in general...and the law can see that its not fair to expect this, even if you cant...
I can see you just want to believe you are right and are convinced this situation is somehow dodgy...yet you cannot give me a proper reason why other than 'it just is'
i have explained numerous times now why it makes no difference but you choose to ignore that.
as already, why should I expect my father to support me free of charge?
he is not poverished...but he is an oap and not everyone can just afford to support other people and i am amazed that so many here just think parents should house their adult kids for free
ummm...his pension is irrelevant - why should he just give me a house to live in?
why should he forego rent just because we are related?
it is only what id get if i lived elsewhere, and what hed get if someone else lived there.
look at it this way...if they decided to change the law and made it illegal for people to get housing benefit on a property owned by a relative...what exactly do you think would change?
do you think it would would somehow be different?
no...nothing would change - other than an bit of inconvenience for some people...
all that would happen is i would move out of the house...and move into somewhere else owned by a stranger...and then get the housing to pay them for my rent...
and all that would happen to my dad...is he'd get another tennant - a stranger - and get rent off them instead...
so you see...no change whatsover...expect some mild inconvenience...
the end outcome would be the same....
why is this so hard for people to grasp?
also this post is not about me or my situation...its about the law in general...and the law can see that its not fair to expect this, even if you cant...
Joko...his pension is not irrelevant. My Grandad gave my Mum a house rent free until she could get back on her feet. We lived there for 3 years. He could afford to do this as he had enough income. Asking my Mother to pay rent wouldn't have entered his head.
To clear something up though...I couldn't give a hoot who pays your rent. I just understand where OTT is coming from.
To clear something up though...I couldn't give a hoot who pays your rent. I just understand where OTT is coming from.
and you are entitled to them of course...but at least have all the facts and consider things properly before you come to them...you are clearly ignoring the relevant facts....and you have still not come up with one decent reason why being related to the landlord matters one bit...?
ummm...quite simply he cannot afford to, and that is up to him...he is entitled to rent his house out to whoever he wants and get the rent for it.
it is the very reason he bought it in the first place!
i dont know many people who would just buy a house and then more or less give it away...family or not!
This house is not a stopgap for me...its my home and i intend to stay here indefinitely...
i am freelance and i am only on housing benefit on odd occasions when work is sparse - my father and i pay taxes too, and housing benefit exists to help in these circumstances.
lost of people claim housing... that is not the point here.
its clear people only think this is wrong becaue they just dont like the sound of it...there is no logical reason why it matters, yet so many just rear up an make accusations...
all i can say is think it through instead of jumping to conclusions
ummm...quite simply he cannot afford to, and that is up to him...he is entitled to rent his house out to whoever he wants and get the rent for it.
it is the very reason he bought it in the first place!
i dont know many people who would just buy a house and then more or less give it away...family or not!
This house is not a stopgap for me...its my home and i intend to stay here indefinitely...
i am freelance and i am only on housing benefit on odd occasions when work is sparse - my father and i pay taxes too, and housing benefit exists to help in these circumstances.
lost of people claim housing... that is not the point here.
its clear people only think this is wrong becaue they just dont like the sound of it...there is no logical reason why it matters, yet so many just rear up an make accusations...
all i can say is think it through instead of jumping to conclusions
The cut in housing benefit next year is to little to late
The cuts which take effect from next April will cut the maximum housing benefit which can be claimed from £103,000 to £20,800 a year, or £400 a week.
If i could get the taxpayer to pay my rent i could go freelance and stay on here most days in fact why work at all.
The cuts which take effect from next April will cut the maximum housing benefit which can be claimed from £103,000 to £20,800 a year, or £400 a week.
If i could get the taxpayer to pay my rent i could go freelance and stay on here most days in fact why work at all.
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