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Rent allowance form

  • 28-06-2013 10:14am
    #1
    Sirfartsalot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15 ✭


    I have questions in relation to my rent allowance form.

    Part 8 asks who else you share the house with? It asks very personal questions like the other tenants income and pps numbers. I haven't discussed this with them because I don't even know them and it's an invasion of privacy to be honest.

    And also, I heard there were increases in rent supplement in the past week. Can anyone confirm this, I'm in shared accommodation in Dublin city?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    fussyonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    I can't help you with Part 8 of the form, except to say it's a standard question they ask.
    As far as the rent supplement being increased, it has actually been reduced.

    See here: http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/supplementary_welfare_schemes/rent_supplement.html#l62fd2


  • #3
    Sirfartsalot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15 ✭Sirfartsalot


    So am I expected to ask my housemates, whom I barely know, how much they earn per annum and for their pps numbers? That sounds ridiculous.


  • #4
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    If you don't answer , you are very likely to be refused for failure to complete form.


  • #5
    blackplum123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 266 ✭✭blackplum123


    WOW, didnt realise rent allowance is so high....


  • #6
    fussyonion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,821 ✭✭✭fussyonion


    Depending on where you live, a lot of people wouldn't say Rent Allowance was high.

    When I was receiving it, it was reduced every year, which made it extremely difficult to get my rent reduced, in accordance with the new limits.

    I had a very good Landlord who reduced it a few times, but I wouldn't expect him to drop it at today's rates-luckily I am not on RA anymore, but if I was, I'd be expecting my Landlord to reduce it to €450.

    His rent was originally €900 when I first moved in, and he had dropped it over the years because we were good tenants. The final drop was to €600, so you can see how generous he was.

    There'd be no way he'd reduce it to the new limit now and I wouldn't blame him.
    It's extremely hard to find properties within the new limits, IMO.


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