Any ideas on how to apply for hb/ct help?Am sharing a house with 3 others - we all earn under £14000.

is that as a joint or individual total?

Go to:
http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/your-housing-and-council-tax-benefit-service

It'll tell you if you can claim & how much, if eligable you can contact sheffield city council & they will send you the claim packs out.

we are all at different jobs - approx £14000 each, no savings

How much is the rent? You have a total income of £56,000 :huh:

I get about £900 wages per month - my rent share is £200, then c tax and bills, and commuting towork costs mean I amleft with about £50 a week for everything else

I get about £900 wages per month - my rent share is £200, then c tax and bills, and commuting towork costs mean I amleft with about £50 a week for everything else

Where do you work outer mongolia?

On a combined wage like that you wont get a penny. You in theory have more spare cash than most families. So just get on with it and stop moaning. Between 3 the bills should be easiliy managable. Maybe you should try cutting down on the amount of energy you are using

I get about £900 wages per month - my rent share is £200, then c tax and bills, and commuting towork costs mean I amleft with about £50 a week for everything else

Thats life for most nowadays!

hmmm, me and my OH earn a LOT less and we both work full time. if you have £50 a week spare after everythings paid what's the problem, that's more than we have.

You've more chance of platting pee than being accepted for housing/council tax benefit, our total household income is £17k (+tax tredits of about £5k) & they laughed at US (& there are 2 adults & 1 severely disabled child), not wishing to cause offence but ANYONE thinking that they may be entitled to housing benefit on a combined household income of £56k needs their bumps feeling & to come back to earth with a bump!!!! Housing benefits are for Low income households, Yours Most certainly isn't - (sorry :confused:)

just out of interest where DO you work that it is costing you so much to commute to (based on average bills I estmate that it is costing you roughly £340 per month to get there?!?!?!!?).:huh: :huh: :huh:

Does anyone not agree with that calculation?? :rolleyes: