Places to rent without paying no deposit?

[Yazz_n_bump]

Right so OH is being lovely and respectable man by asking me to move in with him... so we can have this baby together, properly like...

However... he is homeless and skint. Only two weeks ago his ex-house mate kicked him out for no reason what so ever (he hasn't even explained to us even now )
So OH is living on his mate's sofa, we need to find a place ASAP and it cannot be council as he can't live in a council place (long story.) And we have no money saved so we can't have a place for a deposit is needed He's been looking for a job like crazy for the past few months and nothing!

I don't know what to do as I don't know where to look if you need deposit or not. Most 2 bed places are £550 p/m which is fine for us as his housing benefit will come through and I just started working. (I earn £700 or so a month, but because I just started I'm skint as well.) Does anyone know anywhere like a website or something? We're looking in the Peterborough area if that's helpful.

 

[littleblonde]

i dont think other than council and housing association there is anywhere. You could try a private rent with a private landlord. See if they will let you pay a deposit over a few months or weeks (however you pay) my sister did that.

 

[Youngling]

To be honest i dont know how it works with renting. Me and oh are getting a mortgage together and cuz u can only really get 90% mortgages we need ten percent deposit, about £10,000!! Wer getting a loan. Dont know if thats an option for you?
x

 

[suzib76]

i think you will find it very hard to find anyone that will rent to you with no deposit hun, especially as you will be on housing benefit and your oh has no job so therefore no employer reference

 

[Yazz_n_bump]

I'm not on housing benefit, technqiually I could pay all the rent myself.. but need OH to obviously pay half. And can't get a mortgage don't have credit. Will just have to pay for despoist myself I think. >_<

 

[trashit]

its difficult enough finding anyone who will take you on if your on housing benefit, i was fortunate to find someone but there was nearly a grand up front i had to pay before i even moved in. Its very rare you dont need to put a deposit down on a private property. Im afraid it would have to be council or nothing x

 

[jenny_wren]

most landlords you find in the paper only ask
for a months rent upfront some wont take
housing benefit, however if you get it paid into
your bank account they'll never know!!

also if you do it through the council they pay
your deposit for you, that's what we did &
all their registered landlords take dss

pm me if you need anymore info!

but there is hope hun

xx​

 

[Youngling]

No i dont have any credit either, but iv just ordered a credit card just to give me some sort of credit. Im not going to use it, just so its there.
In the long run renting can be alot more expensive then a mortgage. Rentings dead money.
x

 

[mum2beagain]

hun if u arw living together as a couple because you work your oh wont get housing benefit or anything u may be able to apply ur self for a small amount of housing benfit your self to help but your oh would actually get any now that u will be living togehter as a couple

 

[Yazz_n_bump]

Sounds bad but OH and me are going to say we're just house mates therefore he can claim then when he gets a job it'll be fine to say 'oh we got together' etc. But I dunno, cos of the baby, IM SO CONFUSED

 

[jenny_wren]

hun if u arw living together as a couple because you work your oh wont get housing benefit or anything u may be able to apply ur self for a small amount of housing benfit your self to help but your oh would actually get any now that u will be living togehter as a couple

im confused! my oh works and i claim housing
benefit and we're living together ​

 

[Yazz_n_bump]

hun if u arw living together as a couple because you work your oh wont get housing benefit or anything u may be able to apply ur self for a small amount of housing benfit your self to help but your oh would actually get any now that u will be living togehter as a couple

im confused! my oh works and i claim housing
benefit and we're living together ​

How the heck?

 

[EmziixBo0o]

you should have a look on gumtree
i think u can look at properties and stuff my cousin told me 2 look on there, but im off to the housing tomorrow.. going to see what they say first x

 

[mum2beagain]

hun if u arw living together as a couple because you work your oh wont get housing benefit or anything u may be able to apply ur self for a small amount of housing benfit your self to help but your oh would actually get any now that u will be living togehter as a couple

im confused! my oh works and i claim housing
benefit and we're living together ​

do they know ur oh lives with u coz when i was renting privatly and my oh was moving in i told the benefit office and they said we were only entitled to £38 a week housing benefit my rent was 775 and my oh earned 1000

 

[jenny_wren]

hun if u arw living together as a couple because you work your oh wont get housing benefit or anything u may be able to apply ur self for a small amount of housing benfit your self to help but your oh would actually get any now that u will be living togehter as a couple

im confused! my oh works and i claim housing
benefit and we're living together ​

do they know ur oh lives with u coz when i was renting privatly and my oh was moving in i told the benefit office and they said we were only entitled to £38 a week housing benefit my rent was 775 and my oh earned 1000

yea, we filled it out as a couple, we were living together
before we claimed for anything if that helps?

my oh earns 1000, our rent is 775 and we get
170 housing a fort night and its been reviewed
twice so i know its 100% right xx​

 

[Yazz_n_bump]

Posted an ad on gumtree. Hopefully that may help. Going to scan the newspapers tomorrow at work like a mad woman!

 

[Yazz_n_bump]

hun if u arw living together as a couple because you work your oh wont get housing benefit or anything u may be able to apply ur self for a small amount of housing benfit your self to help but your oh would actually get any now that u will be living togehter as a couple

im confused! my oh works and i claim housing
benefit and we're living together ​

do they know ur oh lives with u coz when i was renting privatly and my oh was moving in i told the benefit office and they said we were only entitled to £38 a week housing benefit my rent was 775 and my oh earned 1000

yea, we filled it out as a couple, we were living together
before we claimed for anything if that helps?

my oh earns 1000, our rent is 775 and we get
170 housing a fort night and its been reviewed
twice so i know its 100% right xx​

Is it because your claiming it and therefore the mother of the child?

 

[suzib76]

claiming as a couple you get less than say him claiming for his half, but, tbh you are together and its not a good way to start out by lying to the authorities for financial gain

 

[mum2beagain]

hun if u arw living together as a couple because you work your oh wont get housing benefit or anything u may be able to apply ur self for a small amount of housing benfit your self to help but your oh would actually get any now that u will be living togehter as a couple

im confused! my oh works and i claim housing
benefit and we're living together ​

do they know ur oh lives with u coz when i was renting privatly and my oh was moving in i told the benefit office and they said we were only entitled to £38 a week housing benefit my rent was 775 and my oh earned 1000

yea, we filled it out as a couple, we were living together
before we claimed for anything if that helps?

my oh earns 1000, our rent is 775 and we get
170 housing a fort night and its been reviewed
twice so i know its 100% right xx​

oh the rules must have changed then it has been 2 yrs since we were in privatly rented accomadtion thats much better that way how they used to expect 1 persons wage to be enough to live on and pay the rent did make me wonder lol

 

[Yazz_n_bump]

claiming as a couple you get less than say him claiming for his half, but, tbh you are together and its not a good way to start out by lying to the authorities for financial gain

I'm not really going to lie, i'm just frustrated. I wouldn't dare I would be looking over my shoulder 24/7.