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What's the maximum rent allowed in dublin per month to be eligible for rent allowance

  • 22-07-2009 10:45am
    #1
    reynoldinho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    I'm just wondering since the changes to the rent allowance amounts this summer what is the new maximum amount of rent I can pay per month in order to be eligible to claim rent allowance.

    According to the welfare site it is €92 per week:

    http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/SupplementaryWelfareAllowance/Pages/RentSupplement.aspx

    So would I be right in assuming that this is 400 per month?

    (92 x 52) / 12 = 398.66

    So my questions are:

    1) Am I eligible to supplement this amount myself if I am on job seekers allowance or is this the maximum my rent can be regardless of how much I am willing to supplement it by?
    2) Is this figure (400 p/m) in any way flexible depending on welfare officers? I ask this as my rent is currrently 417 p/m (1250 for 3 sharing).


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  • #2
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    €398 pm is the maximum rent that your accomodation can be charged at in order to qualify.
    The CWO are not really flexible on this.


  • #3
    reynoldinho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭reynoldinho


    snubbleste wrote: »
    €398 pm is the maximum rent that your accomodation can be charged at in order to qualify.
    The CWO are not really flexible on this.

    Thanks for your response I was sure that this would be the answer but I wanted to find out if anyone else knew otherwise. On the same note Im currently re-negotiating rent for my place and may get it to 400 p/m surely they would allow this amount and not be anal about the €2 difference?


  • #4
    Xiney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    I'm sure they can be very anal.


  • #5
    reynoldinho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭reynoldinho


    Xiney wrote: »
    I'm sure they can be very anal.

    Ya your probably right :)


  • #6
    TheInquisitor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭TheInquisitor


    Just get it to 398 surely your landlord won't be that anal!


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  • #7
    Darith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭Darith


    TheInquisitor wrote: »
    Just get it to 398 surely your landlord won't be that anal!


    What if the rent is 410 pm. Could a person pay 410 pm to the landlord but fill out the rent book as 400 pm, tell the cwo it is 400 pm. Then inform the landlord to tell the CWO it is 400 pm , if they ask ?!


  • #8
    reynoldinho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭reynoldinho


    Darith wrote: »
    What if the rent is 410 pm. Could a person pay 410 pm to the landlord but fill out the rent book as 400 pm, tell the cwo it is 400 pm. Then inform the landlord to tell the CWO it is 400 pm , if they ask ?!

    As long as your landlord agrees then your alright.


  • #9
    Xiney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    Darith wrote: »
    What if the rent is 410 pm. Could a person pay 410 pm to the landlord but fill out the rent book as 400 pm, tell the cwo it is 400 pm. Then inform the landlord to tell the CWO it is 400 pm , if they ask ?!

    This is fraud.

    And reynoldinho, if you advocate fraud on this forum again I will ban you from it.

    Ta

    Xiney


  • #10
    LookingFor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,682 ✭✭✭LookingFor


    If the maximum amount of rent that qualifies you for rent allowance is €400 pm, then is it BS what the irish daily mail is writing about today with the family in kildare getting €800/month?

    Or is it €400 per adult per month?


  • #11
    Demonique
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,867 ✭✭✭Demonique


    Why are the SW so anal about it?

    Why should they care if someone's rent is €550/month and they're paying €52 a month from their Job Seeker's/Disability/whatever?


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  • #12
    Xiney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    Because rent supplement is not meant to be a subsidy for high rents.

    If they pay you the money and allow you to supplement it with your own, then it would unsustainably keep rents high in times of economic instability such as now.


  • #13
    Xiney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,085 ✭✭✭Xiney


    LookingFor wrote: »
    If the maximum amount of rent that qualifies you for rent allowance is €400 pm, then is it BS what the irish daily mail is writing about today with the family in kildare getting €800/month?

    Or is it €400 per adult per month?

    It depends on your living situation.

    single people living on their own get one amount, couples with no children get more, couples with a child get more again, couples with two children get more... you get the point.


  • #14
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,292 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Demonique wrote: »
    Why are the SW so anal about it?

    Why should they care if someone's rent is €550/month and they're paying €52 a month from their Job Seeker's/Disability/whatever?

    Because the government cares: Welfare staff are paid to administer the laws and regulations that the government has made. If they made a habit of waiving the odd bit of a difference here and there, then

    1) they would face complaints from people who weren't luck enough to get waived, and

    2) they would probably get fired for not doing their job.

    If you have a complaint about the fairness of the welfare regulations (and I can think of a fair few valid complaints!), then tell your TD about your concerns, this is where change comes from.


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