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Living at home with JSA and looking to move out

  • 30-03-2012 9:02am
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    Living at home with folks and am unemployed. We're not getting on and things have come to a head recently. I'm just wondering how it works if you're on JSA and you need rent allowance. Do you just go to Welfare office and ask? Do you have to be means tested? Does it take a while to come through? Basically, what are the practicalities of moving out of home and on to rent allowance?

    Thanks for your help in advance!

    Happy job hunting!


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  • #2
    Agent_99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 918 ✭✭✭Agent_99


    You cannot get Rent Supplement unless you have been able to afford private rented accommodation for 6 months on your own... Basically you won't get it just to move out of your folks because you want to... if there are major problems at home you need to be assessed by your local authority as being in need of housing then you can apply but the waiting lists are long.
    Try and get a job before you start to think about moving out, I know this is easier said than done but there is enough burden on state welfare without more falling into the trap of state dependents.

    "Rent Supplement is paid to people living in private rented accommodation who cannot provide for the cost of their accommodation from their own resources. In general, you will qualify for a Rent Supplement, if your only income is a social welfare payment and you satisfy the other conditions - see 'Rules' below.

    Rent Supplement will only be provided if the accommodation is suitable for your needs and the rent is below the maximum rent limit 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 can combine time living in more than one rented accommodation to satisfy the 6 months (183 days). 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

    Have been assessed by a local authority as being eligible for and in need of social housing in the last 12 months. 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 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."


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