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Rent Supplement and Jobbridge Internship

  • 15-03-2015 8:17pm
    #1
    Holben
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    I am a man in his thirties who is living at home with his parents in Tipperary.

    I have been on job seekers for the last six months and have just been offered a job bridge position in Dublin.

    My plan is to move to some part of Dublin city while I work. While i'll be on less than €1,000 a month, will I be eligible for a rent supplement?

    Do I need to inform the Social Welfare office at home before I look for a place and will it affect the type of accommodation I can look for?


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  • #2
    Bongalongherb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭Bongalongherb


    you need to be renting yourself for 6 months before you are eligible for rent supplement. Now in saying this... If you have been accepted on the council housing list, then you can claim rent supplement.


  • #3
    Holben
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭Holben


    I saw six months on the website, but i thought there might be a way around it.

    It's a bit of a barrier.

    Thanks all the same.


  • #4
    Bongalongherb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭Bongalongherb


    Holben wrote: »
    I saw six months on the website, but i thought there might be a way around it.

    It's a bit of a barrier.

    Thanks all the same.

    Yep, unfortunately this is the catch having to be already renting for 6 months, that's the barrier indeed. It's never easy.

    Maybe if you applied for council housing now and were accepted, then you can claim rent supplement on the day they send you a letter of acceptance if your living-space with your family is crowded/cramped.


  • #5
    Noo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,989 ✭✭✭Noo


    Holben wrote: »
    I saw six months on the website, but i thought there might be a way around it.

    It's a bit of a barrier.

    Thanks all the same.

    This was me back in 2011 before they even had the extra 50euro a week, unfortunately breaking down in tears in the CWOs office didnt work. Looks like they haven't changed the rules since then. Good luck but unfortunately you'll be paying your own rent.


  • #6
    Cushie Butterfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭Cushie Butterfield


    Holben wrote: »
    I am a man in his thirties who is living at home with his parents in Tipperary.

    I have been on job seekers for the last six months and have just been offered a job bridge position in Dublin.

    My plan is to move to some part of Dublin city while I work. While i'll be on less than €1,000 a month, will I be eligible for a rent supplement?

    Do I need to inform the Social Welfare office at home before I look for a place and will it affect the type of accommodation I can look for?
    It's a common misconception that a person has to be renting privately for six months before being accepted for a rent supplement payment.

    This is not the case: it's EITHER having rented privately for six months OR having being assessed & registered on their local authority's housing list.

    Because you intend moving to a different area your situation will involve jumping through a few more hoops than usual.

    My advice is to contact your local DSP representative (used to be called a CWO). Have a look here for contact details: http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/otheroffice/community-welfare-office-tipperary.aspx

    They may be able to advise you on your best course of action. You could also contact one of the dublin CWO's/Central Units to see if they give the same advice: http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Central-Rents-Units.aspx

    You also have to bear in mind that as a single person you are extremely limited as to the type/cost of accomodation that you choose due to 1) maximum rent limits (your rent has to be below the limit in the first place otherwise you won't get rent supplement) see here: https://www.welfare.ie/en/pressoffice/pdf/Revised%20rent%20limits%20June%202013.pdf & 2) finding somewhere that accepts rent supplement recipients.

    Realistically you would more than likely be looking for shared accomodation, & you should also be prepared to come up with enough to cover your rent/deposit until such a time that you get everything sorted out.

    Because you are moving location with a view to returning to the workforce you may be able to apply for a once off exceptional needs payment from a CWO, although this would be at their discretion.

    Don't get put off by all the red tape. You will have to do some digging, but if you keep at it you should be able to get talking to someone somewhere in the DSP who can steer you in the right direction.

    Enlist as much help as you can e.g. citizen's info, your local social welfare office, inou.ie , jobbridge administration dept.

    Best of luck!


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