english man moving to spain claiming housing benefits?

[Suenneil]

Morning guys ... this is a post going back to July and I dont think Lionel pursued his dream!

Sue x

[mrypg9]

Hopefully not, Sue! Honestly, some people are living in a burbuja (my new Spanish word
I think you have to have at least a year's tax/NI contributions in the UK before you claim any benefit.
One of our tenants, a young Polish woman, arrived in the UK the day of Poland's accession to the EU in 2004, worked for just over a year, became pregnant by her Portuguese boyfriend and enjoyed full NHS care and presumably a limited amount of maternity benefit. She doesn't seem to have worked since.
I don't want to sound like a Daily Mail reader but I do believe in putting in before you take out.

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

Hopefully not, Sue! Honestly, some people are living in a burbuja (my new Spanish word
I think you have to have at least a year's tax/NI contributions in the UK before you claim any benefit.
One of our tenants, a young Polish woman, arrived in the UK the day of Poland's accession to the EU in 2004, worked for just over a year, became pregnant by her Portuguese boyfriend and enjoyed full NHS care and presumably a limited amount of maternity benefit. She doesn't seem to have worked since.
I don't want to sound like a Daily Mail reader but I do believe in putting in before you take out.

oooooooooooh Mary! please dont even begin to sound like a Daily Mail reader! lol ... I just couldnt get through my week if we ended up like that on here!!!

I do agree about paying in to take out! that surely is what the system was designed to be managed and used for .... even though that doesnt appear to be the case a lot of the time these days! Having said that - here in Spain we certainly do have to pay into the system before we are entitled to take anything out of it .....Im sure this causes hardship for quite a lot of people actually, and will include those who arent deliberately trying to abuse the system as they sometimes do in the UK ....but as a result of how the system works here will be left by the wayside somewhere ......

Sue xx nice to see you by the way! you seem to have been missing in action !!! x

[mrypg9]

Visitors again, Sue. Daughter-in-law for five days, then this weekend friends from the UK.
I think I'll do what I used to do with our many visitors in Prague; give them a guide book asnd tell them I'll see them for dinner

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

Visitors again, Sue. Daughter-in-law for five days, then this weekend friends from the UK.
I think I'll do what I used to do with our many visitors in Prague;

Excellent plan! you should have come to Malaga to meet with me and Jo today .... we are meeting up in about half an hour and Im really looking forward to seeing her again.

Sue x

[mrypg9]

Originally Posted by Suenneil

Excellent plan! you should have come to Malaga to meet with me and Jo today .... we are meeting up in about half an hour and Im really looking forward to seeing her again.

Sue x

I'm ashamed to admit that I have never been to Malaga, apart from frequent trips to and from the airport to pick up/deposit people.
In fact, I've not stirred myself much since I got here last December...
My excuse could be that for the last four or more years I've been flying around Europe and it's rather nice to have nothing much to do apart from lazing around the pool with a good book and walking Our Little Azor.
But I must get out of this idle state of mind.....so yes, a good idea for the future.
We're thinking of taking our friends to the Alheurin area to have a look round next week for future reference as a possible place to move to if our landlord won't reduce our rent. He's coming over from Austria tomorrow and we've been invited out to lunch so the omens are good.

[Suenneil]

Originally Posted by mrypg9

I'm ashamed to admit that I have never been to Malaga, apart from frequent trips to and from the airport to pick up/deposit people.
In fact, I've not stirred myself much since I got here last December...
My excuse could be that for the last four or more years I've been flying around Europe and it's rather nice to have nothing much to do apart from lazing around the pool with a good book and walking Our Little Azor.
But I must get out of this idle state of mind.....so yes, a good idea for the future.
We're thinking of taking our friends to the Alheurin area to have a look round next week for future reference as a possible place to move to if our landlord won't reduce our rent. He's coming over from Austria tomorrow and we've been invited out to lunch so the omens are good.

Hi M

Well you will get a lot more for your money in Alhaurin and surrounding areas! Enjoy your visit and your lunch! always nice when someone else is paying!

Sue x

[jojo]

mrypg9, get your butt over here and have a look! Alhaurin de la Torre is a beautiful town, clean, modern and busy!! Málaga is ok, it has nice parts, but its a mystery to me!!!! Ididnt get too lost when I met Sue for lunch today!!

Jo xx

[dgjamison]

Originally Posted by Hombre

I believe Greenland has a reciprocal arrangement with the UK re housing benefits. May be worthwhile exploring that one.

I totally agree, if you can't affod to go to spain work and get accommodation, i think you should stay wherever you are, I think that is the uk, as nowhere else I know gives benefits like it, thats the problem and why we have a lazy workforce and come bottom of the list as the most undesirable places to live. Am I the only one fed up with the benifit culture that exists in britain? It is what has ruined it, I remember when i was proud to come from GB now I get embarrassed, especially when I see questions like yours it depresses me.

[Warren D]

Originally Posted by dgjamison

I remember when i was proud to come from GB now I get embarrassed,

Is that why you show the flag of the Republic of Ireland?