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rent allowance

  • 12-08-2010 11:02am
    #1
    sparky89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭


    Im looking to rent a house in tullamore town with my partner
    i am currently on job seekers allowance and im living at home at the moment in athlone so im siging on from my home house

    Will i be allowed to apply for rent allowance :confused:


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  • #2
    Celvapan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Celvapan


    sparky89 wrote: »
    Im looking to rent a house in tullamore town with my partner
    i am currently on job seekers allowance and im living at home at the moment in athlone so im siging on from my home house

    Will i be allowed to apply for rent allowance :confused:


    If you move in with your partner and he/she is earning a wage, you will be assessed on their wages and if he/she earns over a certain amount, it is my understanding that you will not be entitled to RA.


  • #3
    sparky89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭sparky89


    my partner only works 3 days a week and gets paid by the social for the two days ho does no work


  • #4
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    On the basis of income, seems like you might be eligible, but also there's the following

    Getting Rent Supplement

    Rent Supplement will only be provided if the accommodation is suitable for your needs and the rent is below the maximum rent level set for your county.

    You may get Rent Supplement if you have been living for 6 months (183 days) out of the last 12 months in one, or a combination, of the following:

    * Accommodation for homeless people
    * Private rented accommodation. You must be able to show that you could afford the rent at the beginning of your tenancy and that you could have continued to pay rent but are unable to do so because of a change in your circumstances which occurred after you started renting.
    * An institution, for example, a hospital, care home or place of detention

    Or

    * Be assessed in the last 12 months by a local authority as being eligible for and in need of social housing. If you don't have a housing need assessment, you must go to the local authority to have your housing need assessed. The local authority must be in the same area that you intend to live and claim Rent Supplement. Only when you are assessed as eligible for and in need of housing can you apply for Rent Supplement. Rent Supplement is not payable while the local authority is carrying out a housing needs assessment.

    You must also:

    * Pass a habitual residence test
    * Pass a means test.
    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/supplementary-welfare-schemes/rent_supplement


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