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Getting Housing Benefit when my partner (separated) lives in the house we own together
I'm a retired male of 68 years and unfortunately I'm separating from my wife. We own the home we have shared but I no longer live there. I did manage to get myself a little flat and used some of my work place pension to make it a home. I did pay my rent and council tax from my savings but soon found myself needing some…
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Council tax
I have applied for discount at the council tax for my uncle, he has dementia and now his wife is down stairs with a stroke and use a wheelchair I have sent in his letter from the doctors highlighting his dementia and his attendance allowance letter, they are in a band d Should they get exemption Thanks
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Mon-Fri Accessible Home Rental
After living with my parents for a while, I am finally in a place where I can rent a small one bed annexe. I have been on a housing list for a year and despite being in a wheelchair and having multiple disabilities, I am not a priority and expected to wait years while my health deteriorates due to lack of access to shower.…
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Hi, my name is marny! Why is my daughter paying bedroom tax?
bedroom tax. My daughters in a housing association 3 bed house with her 18 year old son and 14 year old daughter, shes a single mum now and gets uni credit and works . Her son does not work or claim any benefits, hes had bad OCD since covid but managed to finish college . Why does my daughter have to pay council tax when…
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Renting a house with my mum
hi all, hoping to get some help with this please! My mum is receiving universal credit and highest level of pip due to various health issues, and is registered blind. She is living on her own at the moment, and me and my fiance would like to rent a house with her so she isn’t on her own. Me and my fiance both work, and we…
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Hi, my name is Matt. Would we be considered over crowded?
Council Housing Following a separation I am now living with parents, my Son who is non-verbal autistic lives with me on a 3 nights on 3 nights off basis as I co parent with my ex. My parents house has 3 bedrooms, before I moved in my parents slept in separate rooms as my Dad has COPD and early stage Emphysema and keeps my…
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Introducing - me. Phonak "Naida" hearing aid battery life
I'm not sure just how "disabled" I am exactly, maybe I don't meet whatever standard is applied normally. In my early 70s, with NHS hearing aids and osteo-arthritis might cover it. I'm a widower living alone, so these hearing aids are used quite intensively. I haven't claimed for any added benefits, and at present suspect…
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Hi, my name is Jeandodd1! how do I go about getting a bungalow?
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Action against landlords with no proof
Hi! Is it possible to take action against discriminatory and exploitative behaviour by my letting agents if I have no proof? My situation is that my letting agents pressured me to move out months earlier than my lease ended, and lied about accessibility just to get me out. They said I had to move out as soon as possible…
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How does moving work as a social housing tenant?
Hi, I'm dyslexic and I have a long time medical condition so I'm finding it difficult to understand this stuff, my housing officer is being useless at the moment, he hasn't been responding for the last two or three months. I'm in my second year of university and I commute 45 minutes each way as I have a 3-bedroom terraced…
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Hi, my name is eye_72! I am looking for a bungalow
I am looking for a bungalow as have heart problems and finding stairs difficult. If you have any bungalows please let me know. Thanks [Full name removed by moderator - no personal details please]
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Trainee service dogs
Has anyone had any luck with letting their private landlord allow them to have a trainee service dog? The waiting lists for charities are so long and have such high backlogs that I've found organisations which help aid you to train your own. I was just worried about the fact that you can have a trained service dog legally…
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Hi, my name is Taffy3rd! Girlfriend wants me and my son out of her house, where do I go from here?
Hi ,where do I start that a good question,I've moved in with my girlfriend 3 years ago 18 of August last year been living with his mum ,I ask the police for a welfare check on my son , police went to mum house and the police removed him been living like a tramp mould inis hair ingrained dirt all over is body bedroom smell…
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Letting agents won't let to me as I'm on benefits
Hi! Anyone have any advice on renting on full benefits? No letting agents in my city will even give me a viewing for a property because they've set their affordability check just above what you can get on full UC with incapacity and highest PIP. I also have multiple financial guarantors, but they don't care. I have argued…
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Served section 21 eviction notice
Hi, I was served a section 21 eviction notice (no fault) a couple nights ago. I didn't really see anything like this on the support pages so thought I would ask here. My deadline for moving is 13th March and I'm really scared I won't be able to get anywhere even though I'm registered with my local council housing and have…
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Neighbour breached GDPR. ( General Data Protection Regulations) Any Advise?
I own my own flat no rent or mortgage. My neighbour contacted my GP when I overcooked an item in my microwave. I was trying to deal with it when she interfered and called me ungrateful. I had a stroke 7 years ago and broke my ankle 3 years ago. She has often suggested I move. I do not choose to. She contacted my GP as she…
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Feel like I'll never get moved to a more suitable property
I'm in Band B due to mobility but recently my local council have changed their housing policy on their choice based letting scheme. Now on all their listed properties the priority (in order) will go to 1 - Approved Homeless clients 2 – ***** council tenants 3 - All (non homeless) Homeseekers (The category I fall into as…
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Need help for adjustable bed, mattress and light weight wheelchair with large wheels
i am a disabled war veteran and am wheelchair dependant i suffer from ptsd combat stress,gulf war syndrome etc and have a load of symptoms i need help urgently for an adjustable bed and matteress and a light weight wheelchair large wheels as i am using one from the red cross for now im only 53 and iserved for 12 years can…
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Housing association
I am talking on behalf of my partner and some of the other housemates who are having problems with stuff going missing not sending someone out to look at the electric keep going the housing office well we can't find the problem and you can't find the problem there is nothing we can do there damp on the celling were pipes…
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Mobility Component of PIP
Hi, I have been awarded the higher rate of mobility but I already have a car, I don't need a scooter or wheelchair. How can I use this money?
