Hi All
My mate has recently met a woman who is on housing benefit and the allowance you get when you can only work part time due to young children. He owns his own home is employed and pays council tax. How many nights a month can he stay with his girlfriend without her benefit being effected.
Thanks
He would love to stay there 2 weeks out of every month but i i told him that would probally mean they were living together even though he had his own home elswhere, this is in scotland by the way
I think the rules are you are entitled to have someone stay-over at your house from time to time, but not living there permanently. So someone staying a few nights a week is OK cos they are obviously living elsewhere.
there is nothing to stop hing ringing the council/benefits people and simply asking them - no need to give names. Here (berkshire) its "regularly" so one night a week, if its regular would affect the benefits. However all it means is that the HB is reduced, and not by a huge amount
He does work and owns his own home, he doesnt want to get her into any bother by being at her home too much. pity though they made a good couple i guess these long distance relationships are besett with problems