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Rent allowance questions

  • 24-03-2011 4:37am
    #1
    letsallgotothe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭


    First can you get rent allowance while getting JSA?

    Secondly are there landlords that can reject you accommodation that is paid by rent allowance or is that illegal?


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  • #2
    mrsbyrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,228 ✭✭✭mrsbyrne


    letsallgotothe wrote: »
    First can you get rent allowance while getting JSA?

    Secondly are there landlords that can reject you accommodation that is paid by rent allowance or is that illegal?
    first, yes it is possible to get rent allowance while on JSA, but it is not your automatic entitlement.
    http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/SupplementaryWelfareAllowance/Pages/RentSupplement.aspx
    second, yes a landlord is entitled to refuse accomodation to a tenant in receipt of rent allowance. a landlord does not have to give you a reason when he turns you down for a property. when looking at properties to rent save wasting time by inquiring before you even go to view the property about whether or not the landlord takes rent allowance recipients.


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