Can we claim Housing Benefits and Council Tax Benefits?
December 4th, 2009 by admin
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I think you are eligible unless he has savings which are taken into account …but if you dont try you wont know
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If he’s out of work and you’re on a low wage, then I think you probably could.
Go to entitledto.com – there’s an online benefits calculator which will tell you exactly what you can claim.
If you’re worried about trying to claim without knowing your exact position then you should probably see Citizens Advice or a similar organisation who have full knowledge of the system without the threat of passing the info on.
He can still claim JSA, you should be able to claim HB and CTB, because he is JSA and you have a low income also. Have you tried claiming income support? I looked into this but was told as I earn over 14K that I was not ellegible. I do think you are entitled to HB and CTB because the amount of money you have coming in is less than what the law says you need to live on. However, you would not get your rent and council tax paid 100% because you do have some income. HB also depends on the size of property you rent, so you would only get the maximum you are entitled to if you were living in 1 bedroom accommodation. There is a really useful website (I think called entitledto), but I strongly suggest you go to your local council and discuss this with a housing benefits advisor, as they will be able to tell you exactly where you stand.
Probably not if you are working more than 16 hour a week.
You may be able to get working families tax credit even without children
The governments site should help you to find out.
You can try to claim but they will decide on how much your annual income is and other things like how much incomings and outgoings.
We tried but according to them we are borderline and they say NO.!!
Go to your citizens advice office and ask about this. Also see if you qualify for Working Tax Credits since you’re on a low income.
They are very helpful and will also help with forms. Good luck
Contct your local council and apply for housing/council tax benefit. You may get some help based ony our joint low income. If you are eligible you will just pay the reminder, so if rent is £650 and you get £300 in housing benefit then you just pay the £350 and your boyfriend will still get his jobseekers. Also how old are you both? You may get Working Tax Credit if you are over 25.
You are claim HB and CTB, they will look at you income and your boyfriend’s income and and then give you benefit after taking away your food bill (allowance)
my husabnd earns a yearly sum of 11,040 and we were not entitled to ANY help from council with our tax or rent from the council. They said that he earns a average weekly amount of 300.00 before tax which is the figure they use not the net pay which you actually get in the bank. so we did not qualify. we do not claim any dss benefits even though im disabled and we have a 5 yr old son. My husband brings home 282.00 per week and our rent and council tax is 95.00…
to qualify they told us he would need to lose 15 hours work which would mean losing 100.00 a week..
so your income is very close to ours , apply and see thats all you can do but dont get your hopes up
hiya, yes you can get housing benefit/council tax.also you might be able to get income SUPPORT.go to CAB, they will tell you what you can get.
when he applied for jobseekers he should have had a form to fill in for council tax and housing benefit, they will pay some of it but u will have to make a contribution based on yr income as ur earning. my daughter earns 150 a week and she had to pay £35 approx weekly towards the rent and council tax.