Are you allowed to add to rent allowance?

Question

If a place is €150 a week can you add €20 out of your pocket to the 130 given by social welfare

Answer 1

If you can get the landlord to lie on the rent allowance form you can. And on the lease too because they will want to see a copy of the lease.

The landlord has to fill in the form saying how much the rent is.

You arent allowed to rent for more than €130 so if he puts €150 on the form they will refuse you rent allowance.

If he puts €130 they will give you RA.

Theyu wont give you the full €130.

They take €13.50 off and the rest is what they pay.

So if the landlord says the rent is €130 they will pay €116.50 and you will pay €13.50

And also you will have to pay the extra €20 the landlord didnt tell them about.

So you pay €33.50, they pay €116.50.