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Another rent allowance question

  • 16-09-2011 5:23pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130
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    Hoping someone can give me some information as a heads up before I go to see my CWO next week.

    My situation right now is that I'm a 21 year old single guy living in the family home with parents and 14 y/o sister, but do not get along with father at all leading to rows and tension in the house constantly, which as you can imagine does not promote a healthy atmosphere for my sister what with school pressures etc.. Have been on JSA for about 10 months and because i am under 23, only receive €100 p/w. Also perhaps worth mentioning both parents are unemployed.

    For the sake of my own sanity and to try improve relations with my family, seeking my own place is a top priority.

    Myself and a close friend have discussed moving into a 2 bed place and sharing.

    I have read that in order to qualify for rent allowance you must first be assessed to assess your need for social housing. I'm not sure if my situation would qualify me for such, given I do have a roof over my head, even if the quality of life at home given the tension is poor. Can anyone shed some insight or advice as to what kind of circumstances would? Or is it a case by case matter?

    Also, if I am deemed to be in need of social housing and apply for rent allowance, how long can I expect to wait for it to come through?

    Many thanks :o


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,000 fl4pj4ck
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    you need to be living for at least 6 months in a rented accomodation (without arrears) before you can apply for Rent Allowance


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 Kerry3333
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    Hi
    First of all this is a very long process. If you do get assessed by the Local Authority as having a housing need then you will get Rent Allowance almost straight away but thats the hard part trying to get on the housing list and you practically have to be homeless these days to get on the list.
    I was in the exact same situation as you I moved out because of family issues that was seven months ago and I still havnt got on the housing list and been assessed by the local authority as having a housing need. I applied and was refused so I appealed and was refused again Ive now applied again so just waiting to hear from them. Its extremely difficult to get on the housing list.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 Balagan
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    As others have explained, you would need to be either renting already for 6 months and have clearly afforded the rent when the tenancy commenced and experienced a change of circumstances since then which means you can no longer afford it or be approved by the local authority for social housing.

    There is help for young people at risk, generally it is for those under 18 but can cover up to some years older.
    Details here: http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/housing/losing_your_home/youth_homelessness.html

    Perhaps, if no job comes up, it might be possible for you to increase your payments through doing a Fas Course, a Work Placement or a JobBridge Internship or through returning to education with the Back to Education Allowance and the increase may enable you to move out of home?

    The HSE run a Family Support Service http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:u2FHRHCiOLgJ:www.hse.ie/eng/services/Find_a_Service/Children_and_Family_Services/Family_Support/+help+for+family+with+problems&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie It can be daunting to involve someone from outside the family but many times a bit of outside professional help can really be of assistance. With many families struggling with unemployment now and the added difficulties when there are young people and parents under each other's feet at home, the best thing is to get help and advice. Maybe you could suss it out and get advice for yourself and maybe your parents and sister would benefit from it also.


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