Jobseekers Help

[steve1987]

hi

im new i have been renting a house with a girl i have grown up with for 6 months when out of the bluje a letter was sent to me saying that someone from the jobcenter was coming out to see us to see if circumstances have changed and why we were claiming seperate ,

the woman and her assistant came and asked odd questions like "if one moved out would the other follow and move in to another house" , "who pays food , electric etc" , cos we have a dog each who pays for them and looks after them was it me or my friend ,

"who uses the living room etc"

 

anyway i had a letter back saying that they have determined we are living in a civil partnership and we will no longer recieve jobseekers and we have to claim as a couple !!!! and they even have had the cheek to say that there stopping it from march this year

 

is anybody able to help me i dont have a clue what to do and im so woried that i will lose the house

thanks in advance

[Nystagmite]

You need to appeal. Do you have any evidence (such as separate tenancy agreements) that implies you're not a couple?

[steve1987]

the tenancy agreement states we are not a couple and claiming seperate , should these people who visited us asked to see it ? i found the whole thing weird

thank you loads