Quote Originally Posted by Slyspy View Post
But we aren't talking about housing benefit.
Quelle difference. The principle is that the state doesn't pay for you to give money to others inside the household. When you pay rent, and you claim some of that back, in any form, from the state, the state assumes you're paying to an outside agency. You're not seeing any of that money back, so the state reimburses you. If you're paying the rent to your partner, you're basically transferring money from one part of your household to another. You're not really paying rent, you're just giving another family member part access to your accounts. The state does not reimburse you for any of that, and if you claim it, you're committing fraud.