esa and housing benefit

dazzadub

hi just a quick question, ive applied for esa, ive sent all paperwork back and awaiting response.

i have been told by the advisor on phone i may get more help with rent and council tax,

my rent is £88 a week
we pay towards this £31 a week

also pay £50 a month council tax

they said i should get more off what i contribute is this true. also she said i may get more in tax credits is this true

Indie_Kid

dazzadub wrote: »

my rent is £88 a week

Is this the LHA rate? You can find out your LHA rate and bedroom rate using - https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/Secure/LHARateSearch.aspx?SearchType=PostCode

When you say tax credits, do you mean child or working? If your income changes, and you still meet the criteria, then you should get more.

dazzadub

my partner gets both working and child tax credit.
we are low income and partner is on maternity leave get statoury maternity pay

we get some rent payed and council tax help

but was told that because you get esa or dla you get extra reward from hb and ctb which means they cover more of rent etc

dazzadub

i just did a calculation with direct gov with benefit advisor.
it say i will get all my rent payed and council tax, and it also says i will get the assesment rate of esa aswell.

but i was under the impression that if my partner is getting maternity pay i would not recive any payments of esa only stamp and also extra on rent etc

is this correct or not?

Indie_Kid

How much is the maternity pay? Do you either of you receive DLA? Is your ESA income or contributions based?

dazzadub

£124.88 a week

im not sure which esa i get as im in assesment stage but most likley contribution