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Any letting agents on here? Or anyone with experience of renting with carers allowance?

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bubblerunner · 20/03/2026 21:51

We are looking to rent a house but are struggling as there is not much in our budget. Not the budget we can afford - that’s fine - it’s the budget the letting agents think we can afford (your salary must be more than 30x the rent)

Does anyone know if carers allowance is included in this calculation? I know Universal Credit isn’t and I wasn’t sure if this was viewed the same.

If we add my carers allowance to my husband’s salary it means there’s a much wider range of property in our budget.

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Friendlygingercat · 21/03/2026 02:18

After April 1st agents are not allowed to discriminate against applicants on benefits. So you can insist that benefits like AA and UC are included in the calculation and threaten to report them to their regulator if they will not do this.

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