A friend of mine is desperate to move away from not one but two nightmare neighbours. The house she is looking at has 18 interested prospective tenants. (Lancashire)
A friend of mine is desperate to move away from not one but two nightmare neighbours. The house she is looking at has 18 interested prospective tenants. The only chance she has of securing it is by offering at least three months rent in advance and possibly six months.
She also claims housing benefit. A group of friends and two members of her family are offering to band together to lend her the money but she is concerned that if this is placed on the tenancy agreement that she paid six months rent in advance that she would be refused any housing benefit claim.
Her friends can't afford to simply giver this money and if she doesn't borrow it she has no chance of getting the house.
Will this affect her housing benefit claim? If you guys don't know are there any other subreddits/sites I can ask?
Posted Feb 11, 2021, 12:15 AM UTC
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