that's hardly gonna pay the mortagage is it
do you get more if you live in London where everything is more expensive and less if you live somewhere cheap like the north or Wales?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Jul 2013, 15:15, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I don't think you do; it's a standard amount as far as I'm aware.
Fortunately I don't have a mortgage. But I do have a loan on the place, which fortunately is unsecured.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 31 Jul 2013, 15:16, Reply)

Mortgage is paid by housing benefit, you don't have to pay council tax either.
JSA is for bills and spending money. After gas/electric/water/phone/internet you've probably got £20ish a week for luxuries like food.

Also, nope flat rate across the country.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 31 Jul 2013, 15:17, Reply)

sky tv does use a lot of electricity

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 31 Jul 2013, 15:18, Reply)

Hold up, you can buy a house on benifits?

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 31 Jul 2013, 15:18, Reply)

If you have a mortgage you will get your interest paid
but only after you've been claiming for 40 weeks, by which point your house will probably have been repossessed anyway.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 31 Jul 2013, 15:19, Reply)

No, but if you lose your job you don't get thrown out on the street straight away.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 31 Jul 2013, 15:24, Reply)