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"Yes that sounds correct to me. There are very many quirks of the UK benefits system. The one I find most unfair is you can be a home owner, rent out your house and use the rent they pay to cover your mortgage, while you privately rent somewhere else and claim housing benefit for the property you live in!" That is crazy and seems really unfair on others who really do need their rent subsidised. | |||
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"Yes that sounds correct to me. There are very many quirks of the UK benefits system. The one I find most unfair is you can be a home owner, rent out your house and use the rent they pay to cover your mortgage, while you privately rent somewhere else and claim housing benefit for the property you live in!" Really? I didn't think that was possible. I can't believe you can claim housing benefit if you own a property. | |||
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"Yes that sounds correct to me. There are very many quirks of the UK benefits system. The one I find most unfair is you can be a home owner, rent out your house and use the rent they pay to cover your mortgage, while you privately rent somewhere else and claim housing benefit for the property you live in! Really? I didn't think that was possible. I can't believe you can claim housing benefit if you own a property." I've heard of this but don't think it's legal. One of my friend's landlords recently got done as the flat my friend was renting actually turned out to be a council property that the guy had claimed he needed for him, his wife and their 3 kids. - Turns out he owned and lived in a large 5 bedroom house and used the rent as private income. | |||
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"It does make sense in some ways that benefits are means tested as if you are sitting on a big pot is it fair for the country to fund your basic needs. Even if you haven't the means to support yourself coming in you still have that means available." Technically, yes. But again, to me, unless you are housing/clothing/feeding those children, you should have no right to touch it. I know the state look at it as "you have access to money" but that money still technically isn't your's and I don't think you should be forced to rob from children who's funds you are looking after in order to support yourself. | |||
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"I know a female who was on esa and inherented £200k. She left benefits because that would be fraud " If I inherited £200k while on benefits, I would fully expect to come off. x | |||
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"When I worked in new claims there was a section which included questions about money. Do you or any of the people you are claiming for have current accounts, post office accounts, savings account,income bonds, capital bonds,ISA's Peps, tessa's, money or property held in trust, any other savings or investments? Do the children you are claiming for own and money, property or land in this country or abroad? Money or property held in trust? Do you or your partner have any money from the sale of a house? The list goes on I used to recite this shit about 40 times a day for seven years. As for the person who thinks you can own a property to rent out and claim housing benefit on a property that you're renting, that's bull shit. As soon as you say you own any other property apart from your home a whole other section opens up with questions that include if the property is involved in any divorce proceedings, do you intend to sell the property blah blah blah then it's do you give us permission to send an evaluator to the property? No? Tough expect one to arrive. The DWP would expect you to sell your second property before you'd be able to claim benefit and if you couldn't sell it you'd have to be ready to provide solicitors letters and all sorts to explain the reasons why or they'd just give you contributions based benefit which means you'd get your stamp paid that's it, no money, no help. " I've worked at my current charity for 5 years and other charities before this one and had a client in this situation. We thought they were fraudulently claiming housing benefit as we thought it couldn't be right, check with the council that were paying it and the DWP and they both confirmed that you can claim in that circumstance. My colleagues and I were astonished, but that's what they said. | |||
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"Yes that sounds correct to me. There are very many quirks of the UK benefits system. The one I find most unfair is you can be a home owner, rent out your house and use the rent they pay to cover your mortgage, while you privately rent somewhere else and claim housing benefit for the property you live in! All income is legally supposed to be declared, if it's profit or loss makes no difference so this surely would affect any benefits! Really? I didn't think that was possible. I can't believe you can claim housing benefit if you own a property." | |||
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"Yes that sounds correct to me. There are very many quirks of the UK benefits system. The one I find most unfair is you can be a home owner, rent out your house and use the rent they pay to cover your mortgage, while you privately rent somewhere else and claim housing benefit for the property you live in! All income is legally supposed to be declared, if it's profit or loss makes no difference so this surely would affect any benefits! Really? I didn't think that was possible. I can't believe you can claim housing benefit if you own a property." Mps can claim expenses for renting a house even if they are renting one out | |||
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