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no address for dole HELP !!

  • 17-03-2014 7:21pm
    #1
    stop the press
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    hi..i have a problem and if anyone could advise me that would be great.. i just finished a years work course and during that time ive fell on hard times and lost my appartment so now i have no address (friends and family arent able to help me with an address) so my question is ,am i able to claim the dole without an address ???? ive applied for jobs etc but i have not got 1e in my pocket and am living from place to place so im in a very bad hole at the moment..is there anyway of getting a payment without an address ????


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  • #2
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    Go and see the CWO first thing in the morning, and explain your circumstances. At the same time, go down to the Council offices and tell them you're homeless. Either the CWO or the council might be able to place you in a hostel so that you can claim.


  • #3
    stop the press
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭stop the press


    would i have to stay in a hostel ?? i have a roof over my head i just have no income what so ever ??


  • #4
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,288 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    If there are any homeless services in the area you are staying in they should be able to advise you on this, try citizens information too, either the website or go into an office if there is one locally tomorrow.


  • #5
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    stop the press wrote: »
    would i have to stay in a hostel ?? i have a roof over my head i just have no income what so ever ??

    Why cant you use the address your staying at?


  • #6
    stop the press
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭stop the press


    because the owners of the house will lose benefits they are on


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  • #7
    ABajaninCork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,411 ✭✭✭ABajaninCork


    That's why you need to declare yourself as homeless. No address, no dole.

    And at some stage, you'd like your own place -right?


  • #8
    stop the press
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭stop the press


    oh yeh i plan on getting my own place again i have kids so i need to get this sorted asap but i cant get my own place again without any income to pay for it or save for deposit you know what i mean


  • #9
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,288 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Go to one of the services I said, just say you are between places, staying with friends/ family but have no access to a postal address, if you are in Dublin Focus Ireland can advise you on your entitlements.


  • #10
    maryk123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 643 ✭✭✭maryk123


    It's going to be hard enough to declare homeless when you are not. You have somewhere to stay. That will be questioned and you will have to prove where you have lived up to now. You finished a years work course what address did you use for that. Everyone falls on hard times. Just come clean and it will be easier. I can't see how someone will lose their benefits by you just staying there short term.


  • #11
    stop the press
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭stop the press


    ok so thanks for everyones help il just go over to the council and see what they say see if there is anything they can do...il post what they say on this so people can know for future reference..thanks again


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  • #12
    mrsbyrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,228 ✭✭✭mrsbyrne


    You don't have to be actually lying in a doorway to be homeless. If you are going from sofa to sofa and you have no money then you are homeless OK?
    You have to go to the health centre tomorrow and ask to see someone in the CWO dept.
    If the CWO has moved already to the SW office then go there.
    They will help you. Probably a B&B. The B&B address will do for the dole. You can get SWA while your waiting on the dole. Get on the local authority housing list and then you can look for a v small flat and get rent supplement.


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