If you have been hit by under-occupancy deduction, but you still feel that you’d like to stay in your home, it’s understandable that you’d be wondering how to make up the loss in money.
If you have already been through our Save Money section, you may have some ideas already, but have you considered taking in a lodger?
Whether it’s temporary while you wait to grow your family, or whether it’s a way of you meeting someone new but still enjoying the comfort of your home, it is an option.
Our tenancy agreements do allow for a lodger, but you need to ensure that you don’t sublet your whole property and that you declare any income generated by a lodger to the housing benefits department, as it could affect your benefit income.
Social enterprise Uniitee, offers a home sharing scheme in Cheshire East. Uniitee will match older home-owners with spare rooms and those wanting a little bit of support, but to stay independent with people looking for accommodation. This short video is well-worth a watch if you would like more information.
If you are considering a lodger, or would like more advice, you can speak to your Neighbourhood Officer for more information.
Find helpful articles on finding your next home with Halton Housing, and how to apply for a home here.
Here you can view our policy on Mobility Scooters in Common Parts of Flatted Blocks.
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Cuckooing is when a drug dealer takes over the home of a vulnerable person in order to use it as a base for drug dealing.
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We will spend hours choosing Christmas gifts, cooking, and decorating our homes ready for the big day. But safety may be one of the last things on our minds as we get caught up in the festivities. However you choose to celebrate this Christmas, it’s important to be aware of the dangers around the home at this time of year.
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Condensation, mould and damp is a major problem to many houses and flats. It can affect your health and can cause damage to furniture and wall plaster.
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Our brand-new customer area ‘MyHaltonHome’ is now live. Packed with all the usual features such as request a repair, check rent balance and report ASB, this new and improved area is your one stop shop for managing all your tenancy needs.
Repairs is one area of our work that gets lots of customers talking! So, why not share your opinions and suggestions at our newly formed Repairs Forum? Working alongside members of our Homes Team, the forum has been set up to allow customers to directly share their thoughts, opinions and ideas on our repairs and […]
We have published our gender pay gap review for 2020, for the third year, in line with the Government’s Gender Pay Gap regulations introduced in April 2017. Highlights in 2020 include increasing our positive mean pay gap in favour of females from 1% in 2019 to 5.7%. In addition, Debbie Trust-Dickinson was appointed to our […]
Here’s our Halton Housing 2020 highlights of the year – showcasing some brilliant examples of partnership working, development progress, job opportunities, first-class service delivery, support for customers and really putting our corporate vision of improving people’s lives, into action. Well done and huge thanks to all colleagues who have contributed to our success this year! […]
We will close our normal telephone line and Live Chat for Christmas and New Year at 5:00pm on Wednesday 23rd December and will re-open on Monday 4th January 2021 at 9:00am (10:00am for Live Chat). If you have any type of general enquiry, want to check your rent balance, log a non-urgent repair or make […]
A customer has been successful in obtaining a £500 bursary from the Northern Housing Consortium to help towards the cost of a new laptop. Rachael Jones, 35, from Widnes is studying to become an electrician at college. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit back in March, schools, colleagues and universities closed their doors and switched to […]
Is your garden in need of a facelift, or some TLC? To mark the end of our 15th Anniversary celebrations, we’re delighted to announce our customer ‘win a garden makeover’ competition. One lucky Halton Housing customer will win a mini garden makeover in 2021! All you have to do to enter is to complete the form below letting us know why you […]
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