Any leeway on Rent Allowance limits?

jayteecork

So I'm trying to get RA, the maximum where I live is 480 per month but my flat is 550.

I've been here for nearly a year.

Is it written in stone the limits?

I can't(and don't want) to ask the letting agent to be dishonest on the forms, it's commiting fraud and I'm on actually on probation for an unrelated offense.

Delancey

It's my understanding that the limits are NOT flexible - there is pressure on SW to make savings and the perception exists that rents are falling , hence the lower limits.
Perhaps someone here knows / has heard differently ?

eleven

70 euro a week is not a lot to pay extra. I get rent allowance, but they don't pay my full rent... (which is below the limit), they pay about half. You have to make a contribution to your own rent.

jayteecork

I don't mind paying the extra myself but getting the agency to falsify forms I don't think i';ll be able to do.

I've never met the landlord and have dealt with the agency maybe 3-4 times.

I don't think I can just walk in and ask them to cook the forms.

tenchi-fan

jayteecork wrote: »

I can't(and don't want) to ask the letting agent to be dishonest on the forms

:rolleyes: no one was going to suggest this. It's against the forum charter.

The letting agent wouldn't do it anyway. They could simply rent it out to someone else for €550.

dashboard_hula

Hi,

I'm in the same position at the moment - my rent is well above the threshold allowed for RA. However, I was employed when I moved in, comfortably able to afford it, couldn't predict redundancy, boom.

I was speaking to the CWO and I have 3 options, which may be the same for yourself:

1. Move out - like me you're probably committed to a lease - can you get a lodger in if you've more than one bedroom?
2. Negotiate the rent down with the landlord - if your lease is up soon and you tell him that you simply cannot afford to pay the rent, he may work with you to keep you in the property, especially if you are a good tenant.
3. Appeal to Dublin (google Social Welfare Appeals) - it probably won't work, because you're protesting a policy, not an individual decision, but won't ask doesn't get.

Best of luck anyways.

Chnandler Bong

jayteecork wrote: »

So I'm trying to get RA, the maximum where I live is 480 per month but my flat is 550.

I've been here for nearly a year.

Is it written in stone the limits?

I can't(and don't want) to ask the letting agent to be dishonest on the forms, it's commiting fraud and I'm on actually on probation for an unrelated offense.

€70 a month for you're rent and you want the tax-payer to pay it all for you

jayteecork

dashboard_hula wrote: »

Hi,

I'm in the same position at the moment - my rent is well above the threshold allowed for RA. However, I was employed when I moved in, comfortably able to afford it, couldn't predict redundancy, boom.

I was speaking to the CWO and I have 3 options, which may be the same for yourself:

1. Move out - like me you're probably committed to a lease - can you get a lodger in if you've more than one bedroom?
2. Negotiate the rent down with the landlord - if your lease is up soon and you tell him that you simply cannot afford to pay the rent, he may work with you to keep you in the property, especially if you are a good tenant.
3. Appeal to Dublin (google Social Welfare Appeals) - it probably won't work, because you're protesting a policy, not an individual decision, but won't ask doesn't get.

Best of luck anyways.

Thanks.

Chnandler Bong wrote: »

€70 a month for you're rent and you want the tax-payer to pay it all for you

I think you're confused.
You think I only have a balance of 70e a month to pay myself and I'm looking for help with that?