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Council House and an inheritance of money

  • 21-08-2020 9:47pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Hi,
    I can't find an answer for this in this sub-forum or on government websites as my searches keep getting swamped with results for inheriting a tenancy.

    If someone is living in a Council House or Housing Charity House and later receives an inheritance will that have an impact on their eligibility to remain in the Council House or Housing Charity House or will it have an effect on their reckonable "means" making the rental grossly more expensive?

    I'm not enquiring about other social welfare payments such as UA, UB, JSA, BTWA, BTEA, non-contributory pension, etc... just the Rental payments on the house.


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  • #2
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,044 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    The rent is only based on income.
    Any interest earned on financial investment would count (rates are so low anyway)


  • #3
    dartboardio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    As a previous poster said, the rates would be very low, so it shouldn't impact. Even with the medical card, you can have up to like 72k in savings disregarded.


  • #4
    Mrs OBumble
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    haphaphap wrote: »
    Hi,
    I can't find an answer for this in this sub-forum or on government websites as my searches keep getting swamped with results for inheriting a tenancy.

    If someone is living in a Council House or Housing Charity House and later receives an inheritance will that have an impact on their eligibility to remain in the Council House or Housing Charity House or will it have an effect on their reckonable "means" making the rental grossly more expensive?

    No, and no.

    Social housing is a tenancy for life or as long as you want it, no matter how your circumstances change.

    Inherited (or won) money doesn't count as income, which is what the rent is based on.


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