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Not everyone is entitled to benefits. Some of the most common reasons claims for benefit may be refused are:
- Savings over £16,000 usually mean you will not be able to get Housing Benefit. Savings over £6,000 will affect your claim. If you are aged over 60, Savings over £10,000 will affect your claim;
- From 01 January 2012, special rules will affect you If you are single, aged under 35 and want to rent a private property;
- If you have come to live in the United Kingdom in the last 2 years;
- Most asylum seekers and people who are sponsored to be in the UK cannot get Housing Benefits;
- If you pay rent to a close relative and share the same household you cannot usually get Housing Benefit. A close relative is defined in Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 as: 'a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, step-parent, step-son, step-daughter, brother, sister, or if any of the preceding persons is one member of a couple, the other member of that couple';
- You cannot usually get Housing Benefit if you are a full time student, unless you are disabled or have children.
Please note: this list is not exhaustive.
Check which benefits you may be able to get (Directgov)
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