rent allowence??

Lyndz151

Hey i dont know if this is the right forum for this but i couldnt find anywhere else.

I have a one daughter, i am not married and the dad doesnt pay anything for her. I am still living at home and there are 7 other people in the house as i have 3 sisters and 2 brothers, I share a room with my daughter and sister. I work 12 hrs a week as i also have to look after my child. I get the OPF, but after paying her creche and my parents rent then food, its never enough. I was just wondering if i would be entilted in rent allowence and if so is it just a one bedroomed place.

Any advice would be helpfull

cynder

Think you have to apply for council housing first, im sure there is a welfare forum on here somewhere, mods probably better off moving it there and you questions will be better answered there.

January

Moved to State Benefits

Jarren

There you go OP

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/supplementary_welfare_schemes/rent_supplement.html

dev100

Lyndz151 wrote: »

Hey i dont know if this is the right forum for this but i couldnt find anywhere else.

I have a one daughter, i am not married and the dad doesnt pay anything for her.

Shop him to the social.......

gigawatt

well first off you'd have to apply for housing with your local county council. once you have been designated in need of housing apply for rent allowance and see what happens. they may not pay it but they would let you know why you're not entitled. you could move out, you would probably be entitled to rent allowance for a 1 or 2 bed place for yourself and your daughter but they would still expect you to pay some of your own rent, but it could possibly mean you would be better off in general. although theres a lot to be said for living at home if your family helps you out a lot.

bulmersgal

Here's a link explaining rent allowance.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/supplementary_welfare_schemes/rent_supplement.html

Lugh Ildanach

If you're not already in private rented accommodation, you need to be assessed as in need of housing before you can get rent supplement. In the circumstances that you describe it is likely that you will be assessed, the time it takes will depend on local authority in your area.

Once you have been assessed as in need of housing, then you can get rent supplement. Any extra income from employment that you have may reduce the amount that you get, although with 12 hours employment it might not be much of a reduction as the first 75 of additional income is disregarded, the balance is assessed at 75%.