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No, the more I think of it, Derek will come down the chimney with something to save them - from ending up in emergency accommodation.
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£2000 a month for a 4 bed is probably below market rate. Janine was renting to Bianca at a lower rate which is why Bianca couldn't claim housing benefit- Janine said if she did the rent would go up.
Stacey and Martin would get - Child benefit for Bex, Lily and Arfa Tax credits Housing benefit top up She'd get nothing in her own right as Martin works. Because he's working there's no cap so their tax credits would be quite a bit. I don't get any but I do know people who get quite a bit in tax credits due to a low income. I also know someone in London renting a smaller house than that who is paying £3000 a month - house is valued at just over a million. Why anyone would want to live in a crappy square full of murderers, thieves and drug dealers with no jobs apart from selling fruit or stocking shelves as there is nowhere outside of that bubble to get a job is beyond me. In reality they couldn't afford to live there and would have moved on. |
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so the way things are now, they aren't entitled to much - also Lily & Rebecca being well over 5 years old. Meantime looked at houses for rent in the area - found one - just under 2,400/month. So the 500 per week others have quoted is probably right,
But how come the Fowlers would get next to nothing, in their current circumstances, when a the Ghanian student with 8 kids and wife get a big house and 40,000 per year ? bet BBC would not dare introduce a family like that on the square I would imagine a person with a larger family would get more benefits such as child benefit, tax credits etc as it hasn't been capped to two children till next year |
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The cap is for children you have after the new rules. Those with half a dozen kids already who work 16 hours and claim tax credits will still continue to get them like that taxi driver guy who gets £72k in benefits for his 8 kids that people were going metal over recently. It's all written strangely in soaps like EE where no one can afford a washing machine but can pay an ancient old woman to launder things for them.
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Belinda has left the Square to go travelling and Kyle is leaving shortly. Stacey hasn't got a job anymore and Martin is the breadwinner but he works in a market stall and he won't be earning a lot of money. how can they afford to pay monthly rent bills?
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In the real world, they would get tax credits and some housing benefit.
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so the way things are now, they aren't entitled to much - also Lily & Rebecca being well over 5 years old. Meantime looked at houses for rent in the area - found one - just under 2,400/month. So the 500 per week others have quoted is probably right,
But how come the Fowlers would get next to nothing, in their current circumstances, when a the Ghanian student with 8 kids and wife get a big house and 40,000 per year ? bet BBC would not dare introduce a family like that on the square It's impossible to guess how much housing benefit they might be entitled to, because Walford is a fictional place so no local housing allowance (LHA) has been set for it! Also, the house will be bigger than they need when Kyle moves out. I'm assuming it's got 4 bedrooms: Martin and Stacey's, Kyle's, Belinda's and the one Bex and Lily were sharing. They'll only entitled to the LHA for a 3-bed, as Lily and Arthur are considered young enough to share. Maybe Martin should try and get maintenance for Bex from Sonia? An experienced nurse must surely earn more than a market trader. Or Stacey could get a well-paid job in a West End salon, that would be a bit of a departure. |
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so can we expect hours and hours from the benefits office / housing association etc. in the new year?
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Do the salary in London work-wise match the rent there? like a standard job there?
What is minimum wage in London? |
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guess we can conclude there's no way they can stay in that house unless they rent a couple of rooms out, or Derek has a nice surprise for them, or Stacey gets a proper job outside the square - Jack can look after Lily & Arthur - he already looks after a lot so two more won't matter.
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guess we can conclude there's no way they can stay in that house unless they rent a couple of rooms out, or Derek has a nice surprise for them, or Stacey gets a proper job outside the square - Jack can look after Lily & Arthur - he already looks after a lot so two more won't matter.
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Do the salary in London work-wise match the rent there? like a standard job there?
What is minimum wage in London? Minimum wage is 7.20. per hr. Could be slightly higher elsewhere depends on the job. |
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I hope we don't get a money struggling storyline, yes it's realistic but soaps always make them really boring. Lets hope the random Derek return brings loads of money Martin's way.
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Do the salary in London work-wise match the rent there? like a standard job there?
What is minimum wage in London? |
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I wouldn't trust Jack to look after my dog let alone any children, he willingly with Ronnie let Andy a man they barely knew look after their kids and move into their house, don't seem they got much sense to me.
so right you are - but wonder what's going to happen to Matthew? bet the scriptwriters don't even know either "sorry, forgot she had a kid" . If R dies of course - will probably be picked up off screen by his dad or paternal nan. Or Jack keeps him because of Amy (and Dot) and launches JB Childcare in one of his houses and once Phil is back on his feet he can help - know all about nappies from when he looked after Lexi. . Ha Ha Ha |
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Im sure they will be ok.
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Martin makes a small fortune every day flogging onions.
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Martin makes a small fortune every day flogging onions. Lets not put reality into soap land.
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Found some job adverts for market stall jobs – in London (in fact, both Camden Lock - who can probably afford to pay more due to all the tourists etc)
A lot of them are 60/day – 5 days a week 9.30 am – 6 pm = 300/week = approx. 1300/month before tax And several others 8-8.80/hr – so 8-hour day would be approx. 68 – or altogether a little more than the 60/day for a month. In other words, with all the benefits they may just be able to scrape by – leaving nothing for food/fun/the vic/the café etc. unless Stacey gets a job or they rent a couple of rooms. But if they rent rooms – it’s probably goodbye to housing benefits. And if Stacey gets a job, who will look after Arthur ? and how much will that cost? And knowing Ian, he probably deducts from Martin’s wages when Kathy looks after the stall. So unless a miracle happens, I can see them moving to a smaller place, leaving yet another "mansion" empty |
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I doubt Stacey would have accrued enough NI over te past 2 financial years to qualify for anything on that front when you consider the time not working after the PPP and being self employed prior to that.
Her best bet for money although ut would be dishonest if she has I t under control wpuld be ESA due to her BiPolar. |
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There did used to be something called London Weighting designed to top up peoples salaries to help with higher house prices or the costs of commutong in each day if you lived further out by some of the big National companies (a friengd got it that worked for Wloolwich) but I think that has mostly been.phased out now. I never see it mentioned in job adverts anymore.
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If you got a kid and unemployed, you can normally get income support up till the child is 5, however she married and her spouse has a job so not sure she be entitled to that, I'm sure the would get tax credits, child and working of some sort, but not sure how that works.
If their income below a certain amount she could get some housing benefit top up. The problem you have with soaps, is why they harp on about money problems they never actually bother to dealt into welfare or benefits which a high percentage rely on to survive. If we say Martin is on minimum wage it still wouldn't be enough to pay for everything. . There's a very good reason for that. It's called AN AGENDA. Claiming any kind of benefits is portrayed as being a CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. |
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These houses would be worth at least £500k in real life so none of them would be able to afford them even if about 12 of them clubbed together
As far as we know, Janine owns the house. But I'd estimate their rent would be anything from £2000-3000pcm. Completely unrealistic that they'd be able to afford it, but EastEnders has to be allowed some creative licence on this otherwise the Square would be populated exclusively by affluent middle-class professionals. |
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A house that size in that part of London would be worth about double that.
As far as we know, Janine owns the house. But I'd estimate their rent would be anything from £2000-3000pcm. Completely unrealistic that they'd be able to afford it, but EastEnders has to be allowed some creative licence on this otherwise the Square would be populated exclusively by affluent middle-class professionals. |
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