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Rent allowance

  • 13-07-2012 9:47am
    #1
    zacseph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 150 ✭✭


    Hey all,
    I had a look on citizens information and welfare websites but couldn't find this mentioned anywhere specifically.
    Can 2 people claim rent allowance living in a 1 bed apartment or studio? Or is that only allowed for a couple?
    I'm looking around on daft but it's proving difficult to find a 2 bed place anywhere near the city within the new limits, and I'm not sure where I originally got the idea, but I always assumed each person had to have their own room on rent allowance...


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  • #2
    Shelli2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Shelli2


    AFAIK the rent officer has to do a check and deem the place suitable for the amount of people living there, I doubt they would approve a 1 bed for two people who are not a couple, that would mean one person on a couch in the living area I presume?


  • #3
    Yawns
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,255 ✭✭✭Yawns


    Your right in thinking the only way 2 people would get it is if it was a couple. So both incomes would be taken into account etc

    A CWO will not allow 2 single people to receive rent allowance for a 1 bed place.


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