{"id":121080,"date":"2021-07-26T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-we-buy-a-flat-and-rent-it-to-my-son-using-by-his-benefits\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T07:06:35","slug":"can-we-buy-a-flat-and-rent-it-to-my-son-using-by-his-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/can-we-buy-a-flat-and-rent-it-to-my-son-using-by-his-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we buy a flat and rent it to my son using by his benefits?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHe has a long-term mental health problem and we don\u2019t want him to keep losing his accommodationQ I wonder if you can help. My 42-year-old son has a long-term mental health problem, schizophrenia. We want to establish him in his own home long term. He has long periods when he is well but then stops taking medication and falls into severe illness again. Then he loses his flat and has to start all over again on homeless waiting lists and is eventually rehoused. But it takes so long and his mental health is not helped by staying in hostels.We have heard of someone who provided a flat for their brother with him making payments on benefits but cannot find out any more information. If we provide a large deposit do you think there is anyway he can move in and use his benefits to pay a mortgage or rent from us? It would come to him on my death. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2021\/jul\/26\/can-we-buy-a-flat-and-rent-it-to-my-son-using-by-his-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can we buy a flat and rent it to my son using by his benefits?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; He has a long-term mental health problem and we don\u2019t want him to keep losing&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-vuU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":124650,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-we-sell-or-rent-out-our-cornish-seaside-flat-to-be-nearer-the-grandchildren\/","url_meta":{"origin":121080,"position":0},"title":"Should we sell or rent out our Cornish seaside flat to be nearer the grandchildren?","date":"February 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r We can\u2019t decide whether we should rent the property out long term or as a holiday let, or maybe even sell itQ Seven years\u2019 ago \u2013 aged 60 \u2013 we downsized and bought a small flat by the Cornish seaside for \u00a3135,000 in cash.We have found we are too\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11082,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/help-to-buy-rules-mean-i-cant-rent-out-my-flat\/","url_meta":{"origin":121080,"position":1},"title":"Help-to-buy rules mean I can&#039;t rent out my flat","date":"April 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I want to move to my partner\u2019s house but my mortgage terms prevent me from leasing my flat out. 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