Thread: Staying with a friend...advice needed please

I am 24 and have had to move out of my house for a while due to some major leaue problems with my Mum (which I won't go into as it's not really relevant) and my friend has very kindly offered to put me up.

She recieves single occupancy discount on her council tax as she lives alone but obviously now she isn't alone because I'm there too. The problem is I don't know how long I will be staying - I've currently been there for 6 weeks.

Is there a maximum time I can stay without her losing this entitlement? (I have in the back of my head a time of 12 weeks but I may have made that up or confused it with something else) and I really don't want her to get into trouble for not declaring that I am there. Can anybody help?

honesty is always the best policy.
give them a ring or arrange an appointment.
the outcome of that will be far less than hoping they dont findout.

dx

I know my local council is arranging to check up on every household who claim single person discount to confirm their entitlement - they have not said how they are going to check up on these households, whether it will be a visual check or whether it will be a case of knocking on doors and asking if more than one person lives at any given address. In fact, when asked, they were quite evasive about how they will be carrying out these checks.

I live alone and have nothing to worry about but, as I live in a secure controlled block I don't know how they will assess which property they come from.

I would agree with the suggestion that it is better to get in touch with the council involved and let them know you are staying there but that it is a temporary arrangement and you will let them know when you leave again. Make it clear you are only visiting for a prolonged period of time. You wouldn't want to find your friend has their entitlement cut for the whole year.

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