Q: Having recently split from my partner I unfortunatlyfound myself and my young daughter back at my parents house.
I am desperate to hire a small house, but I am finding information and very confussing contradictory.
Currently job search while I am on income support (I was living abroad so no action here yet) I through income could claim housing benefit and Council tax benefit. However! I am planning on returning to work for 20-25 hours.
This means I can come from the income and working families tax credits. Now, this is where Im still confused as the beautiful people at my local Jobcentre and on the phone useless!
Would I still housing benefit and Council tax help ?!?!
I am soooooo insecure about how I could ever get a place of my own to afford my daughter.
Any advice would be great. Especially from someone whos been in a similar position.
Thanks all x:
A:Hi
I am in a similar situation but work full time. I asked my local council to do an estimate which they happily did for me by email to the benefits department. In my area it is very expensive, the average 2 bed costs £800 a month! So even though i work full time, as a single mum paying for childcare there is just no way i could afford a house without it.
A:Hi
I am in a similar situation but work full time. I asked my local council to do an estimate which they happily did for me by email to the benefits department. In my area it is very expensive, the average 2 bed costs £800 a month! So even though i work full time, as a single mum paying for childcare there is just no way i could afford a house without it.
A:citizens advice was quite good when i returned to work
Good advice, get yourself down to your local Citizens Advice Bureau, they will have all that information on hand.
A:Thanks for that!
will check out that site now.
A:if you are single with child you could as k the council for a property, while you are on IS you will get
housing benefit and council tax but will have to pay water rates which will only be about £6 a week when you return to work you will get working tax and child tax and depending on how much you earn fo r25 hrs you may not get any help with council tax or rent, i returned to work for 16 hrs and got about "2.00 a week for council tax and that was all. jsut make sure you have a little saved up for the unexpected when returning to work as not all your benefits and tax credits will be sorted out straight away so make sure you have something to live on for a few weeks. citizens advice was quite good when i returned to work
A:Hi
I found this site really useful. hope it helps, if not … I am sure there will lots of help on here!
http://www.entitledto.co.uk/
http://www.entitledto.co.uk/
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