Hi
A good friend of mine owns her own house with her partner of 12 years. Their relationship has broken down and he is constantly spending the mortgage money and running up arrears and missing payments on other things. Gas and electric's have now been put on to card meters and carry debts.
She has now reached the decision they have to go their separate ways and to sell the house so that she does not have a financial association with him. Ordinarily, she would prefer to stay in the house until their daughter finishes education - but he has said no way is he going and that he won't sell. They are mortgaged up to the hilt so no chance of him buying her out.
Her plan now is to move to private renting, she works about 20 hours per week but her salary won't be enough to manage properly and she thinks she will need housing benefit to top up her rent.
She will need to move out and force the sale of her house (equity is pretty negligible and her share is likely to be eaten up with solicitor's costs).
Sorry for the long winded post but would she likely be entitled to HB top up even though she still owns a share of another house?
Many thanks
Claymore
A good friend of mine owns her own house with her partner of 12 years. Their relationship has broken down and he is constantly spending the mortgage money and running up arrears and missing payments on other things. Gas and electric's have now been put on to card meters and carry debts.
She has now reached the decision they have to go their separate ways and to sell the house so that she does not have a financial association with him. Ordinarily, she would prefer to stay in the house until their daughter finishes education - but he has said no way is he going and that he won't sell. They are mortgaged up to the hilt so no chance of him buying her out.
Her plan now is to move to private renting, she works about 20 hours per week but her salary won't be enough to manage properly and she thinks she will need housing benefit to top up her rent.
She will need to move out and force the sale of her house (equity is pretty negligible and her share is likely to be eaten up with solicitor's costs).
Sorry for the long winded post but would she likely be entitled to HB top up even though she still owns a share of another house?
Many thanks
Claymore
