House advice for single mum please?

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Hi I'm a single parent to ds6 & I work part time and get UC top up and receive zero maintenance from ds father. The housing association house I've lived in since ds was 1 years old is now being knocked down to make way for a new development. Housing association has given me 4 months notice to move. Unfortunately don't have any other housing association
Houses close to my sons school available but have said I will still receive UC as normal in a private rented house. I currently have 2 bedrooms and have seen a house which is available very soon and it's a 3 bed
And 2 mins from my ds school! I worked out I can still apply for it but will get the benefit cap as it's a 3 bed. I will lose £150
A month in benefits.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation before? Or have any advice at all
I'd be much appreciative. Thanks xx

I would suggest contacting your local citizens advice to ask for info on what your options might be.
local councils sometimes offer support in these situations such as discretionary housing payments.

Are you sure its the benefit cap as I thought that was lifted if you work, maybe you are thinking about local housing allowance which means you can only get LHA for the bedrooms you need so if you only need a two bed you have to pay any extra yourself its the private rent equivalent of the 'bedroom tax' where you lose housing benefit for any extra rooms you have, you can apply discretionary housing payment through your council but you may not qualify and depending on your council may only be temporary, CAB maybe able to help but LHA is limited by legislation unfortunately