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Rent Allowance - Emergency

  • 28-11-2013 1:30am
    #1
    dani27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭


    Hi all


    Our landlord has gone into receivership, and I was just wondering those that rule out any chance of getting rent allowance, as the bank/receiver will probably not accept it. Is there anything we could do to get the rent allowance? We are both looking for work and finding it impossible :( and I am worried we could be in trouble after Christmas.


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


    dani27 wrote: »
    Hi all


    Our landlord has gone into receivership, and I was just wondering those that rule out any chance of getting rent allowance, as the bank/receiver will probably not accept it. Is there anything we could do to get the rent allowance? We are both looking for work and finding it impossible :( and I am worried we could be in trouble after Christmas.

    If you are already in receipt of RA, then it should be a simple matter of paying the Receiver instead of the Landlord.


  • #3
    dani27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭dani27


    Kristopherus wrote: »
    If you are already in receipt of RA, then it should be a simple matter of paying the Receiver instead of the Landlord.


    We haven't gotten it yet, as we were about to apply for it and the landlord went into receivership


  • #4
    Gatling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Are you on the housing list yet
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  • #5
    dani27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭dani27


    Gatling wrote: »
    Are you on the housing list yet

    Nope, we were but we both had jobs for a few months, only for my Jobbridge scheme to end, and my OH was let go due to the company closing down.


  • #6
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    dani27 wrote: »
    Nope, we were but we both had jobs for a few months, only for my Jobbridge scheme to end, and my OH was let go due to the company closing down.

    You have to be registered with your Local Authority for housing. IIRC you have to be on the list for the previous 6 months to qualify for RA. Sorry for the bad news.


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  • #7
    dani27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭dani27


    Kristopherus wrote: »
    You have to be registered with your Local Authority for housing. IIRC you have to be on the list for the previous 6 months to qualify for RA. Sorry for the bad news.

    No worries thanks anyway


  • #8
    Balagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,168 ✭✭✭Balagan


    dani27 wrote: »
    We haven't gotten it yet, as we were about to apply for it and the landlord went into receivership

    If you have been renting for at least 6 of the past 12 months, you should go ahead and apply for Rent Supplement and, at the same time, apply to get on the local authority housing list. http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/supplementary_welfare_schemes/rent_supplement.html


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