How does a lodger effect my benefits?

[Infinitty]

Hi
I own my own property and have a spare room so would like to get a lodger
I am trying to find out how this will effect my benefits
I am back to work after furlough on reduced hours so get UI top up but also tax credits but do not claim HB

Also who do I need to inform...

[RogerC]

Our tenants have been in our 3 bed flat for 1.5 years, and are now on a rolling contract. They are an unmarried couple with the contract in joint names, with references and with a guarantor. We have Rent Guarantee Insurance valid until 01/02/2020.

Unfortunately they are splitting up....

[glenmayjen]

Hi

Just looking for some advice. I have a tenant on AST who is only one month into tenancy and her partner (also named on the tenancy agreement) has left. This means she is unable to afford the rent without housing benefit. I have several other properties and it has been my policy not...

[Frog mouth]

Hi, everyone.

We have been living in a same flat for about 10 years and we've been on housing benefit due to family member's disability.

Our last lease was expired 31/Dec/2016 and there was no notice for renewal or end of the lease from the landlord in advance.
They...

[mrs.e]

I rented my property to the council on a 2 yr ast. So far so good. Tenant has been a model tenant. I need to sell.
The tenancy expires 6 oct. I issued a s21 on 1st sept giving 2 months notice. My question is, as the notice began before the end of the fixed period and expires into the period tenancy,...

[zakir1988]

I have applied for housing benefit I am British Citizen and my daugther is also british my Wife is Bangladeshi who is under immigration 10 year route to ILR she is not allowed public fund I have applied for housing benefit under my name as I work part time 15 hours a week now I know I am only allowed...

[cupcakeli2717]

Hi all,
I am in a situation which I hope you could shed a light. My tenant is on housing benefit and she is 2 months in to a AST. She increased her hours of work and changed job, got a better paying job and was informed that her HB will be cut.
Now she is telling me that she cannot afford...

[pease]

I have read the threads on HB with some dismay. My nephew, who lives too far from me for me to help, is on HB and is desperately seeking a landlord who will accept him on HB. My nephew is 31 years old, until recently a successful professional ecologist, single and happy. However, he now has ME very...

[Kentishman]

A landlord friend and I were discussing something which is going to happen soon on one of his lets, and we really need some input on how to stop it becoming a problem. A search on 'visitors' has not brought up this sort of situation.

He has a single mum as a tenant who is on a low wage...

[TinyHou]

I am currently going through a situation in regards to contrived tenancies in relation to housing benefit.

My Dad and I live in a flat and which is owned by my mum.

My parents first bought the property in my mums name with the intention to live together but then due to...

[angliastudent]

Hello, I am currently finishing my degree in Sociology at Anglia Ruskin University. As part of my research I would like to invite anyone who has either rented privately on benefits or currently lets or chooses not to let, a property to private tenants on benefits to fill in my short survey. You will...

[tapjoanne]

Hi all

We are in the process of purchasing a house which we intend to let out. My Grandmother is currently on the Council House List awaiting a suitable council property for her to relocate to County Durham. As she is having no luck with securing a Council House, we wondered whether...

[skosar00]

Hi,
first time on here but Im a little bit stuck. This week im planning to move into a friends house as a lodger. I have applied for housing benefit as a lodger (round about £56 a week). She owns the property and pays mortgage on it, but she is also a single mother of two kids who is on income...

[realist]

Hi all,

Just want a bit of advice - since the new changes in the housing benefits scheme/cap have come in place, i've been receiving less rent for my property which i'm currently letting.

The current contacted rent is £1150, but I receive their maximum benefit which is...

[Skaroth]

Hi,

Hopefully this is a quick question and someone will have experienced something similar.

We rent a property through a letting agent, initially the contract was for 6 months (now completed) after which we went to a monthly rolling contract - 1 months notice to end for...