Housing Benefit

[HenryFord]

Hi All, I find myself in the horrible position of splitting up with my partner of 18 years (not married, but we have a 17 year old beautiful daughter). We live in a house which I own and I also own a Holiday Cottage nearby (also all in my name, deeds, mortgage etc), this has been rented out for about a year now. My partner wants to move into this and rent it from me for a commercial rent. My daughter will probably live between the 2 properties. Is it possible for my partner to claim housing benefit as she wont be earning enough to cover the rent?

[bednobs]

i dont know why no-one has advised you to get her to make a claim an see! surely the housing benefit people will know?

[Peter Pedant]

and SJ wins !
getting back to the thread
can he rent a house they have never lived in to an ex partner ?

SJ - he thay - Yes
and so do I - I asked my expert who sits on a housing association board as a tenants rep and she said clearly that she thought he could. ( she is always right I might add )

and as for all the fol-de-rol about giving advice which turns out to be unlawful - the fault really lies with the fellow actually DOING it - we all have a right to free(ish) speech and that of course means the freedom to say things people dont exactly like

[Peter Pedant]

o god dont people squawk !

offending answers removed
// it matters not that other responses make no sense if those misleading posts are removed.// god you can say that again - especially if they dont make much sense when the answers are present.

Hasnt anyone realised that advice that the usual suspects cluck "oo that is awful and unlawful! Remover it!" - actually may NOT be unlawful. and might even be a teentsy bit relevant

anway the answer (appears to be) / is that he can let a house to an expartner that they have never lived in before.

[naomi24]

PeterPedant, gosh! You’ve picked one of my posts yet again to comment on. How nice.

Incidentally, lying in order to obtain benefits is unlawful – and advising anyone to do so is not only irresponsible - it's stupid.

[hc4361]

PP, but not if she has their child living with her

[murraymints]

ditto hc ... he will be deemed to be supporting their child already ..no way around this one..your relationship will be scrutinised very closely by the benefits agency..just pay out man..and do the right thing by your partner and child !

[Peter Pedant]

// PeterPedant, gosh! You’ve picked one of my posts yet again to comment on. How nice. //

pleasure ma'am

as someone said once - it is a mortal sin allow someone to be in error for longer than a trice or something....

it appears to be lawful - the claim I mean

[maggiebee]

//Eddie makes a habit of posting inaccurate information - in all areas - and long term contributors here will be aware that to give credence to any of his posts is foolish in the extreme.//
That may be so Naomi, but I would suggest that anyone who takes legal advice from this site is very naive. Solicitors/Lawyers are well trained and well paid for what they do - why would you ask advice from a complete stranger?