Part-time worker moving in with partner on disability?

nienta

Hiya,

Apologies in advance if this info is already out there, some quick searches haven't resulted in anything and I'm not quite sure what to search for besides...

My boyfriend is disabled and currently receives the following: Housing benefit, incapacity benefit, income support, and disability living allowance.
I'm considering moving in with him when I get a part time job, working around 20 hours a week roughly between £5-7 an hour.

If I do move in, would he lose some or all of his benefits for the income I would be bringing in? ....Basically I'm currently paying £360 rent, so if it he would have any more than that subtracted then I'll stay put, if it's the same or less then I'll move in with him (I don't have the figures of what he gets to hand).

(Have been on the phone to a disability support agency but they didn't have any info, going to try a welfare rights place they advised but as they're only open one day a week thought I'd try here.)

Thanks in advance for any info
Lindsay

welshmoneylover

nienta wrote: »

Hiya,

Apologies in advance if this info is already out there, some quick searches haven't resulted in anything and I'm not quite sure what to search for besides...

My boyfriend is disabled and currently receives the following: Housing benefit, incapacity benefit, income support, and disability living allowance.
I'm considering moving in with him when I get a part time job, working around 20 hours a week roughly between £5-7 an hour.

If I do move in, would he lose some or all of his benefits for the income I would be bringing in? ....Basically I'm currently paying £360 rent, so if it he would have any more than that subtracted then I'll stay put, if it's the same or less then I'll move in with him (I don't have the figures of what he gets to hand).

(Have been on the phone to a disability support agency but they didn't have any info, going to try a welfare rights place they advised but as they're only open one day a week thought I'd try here.)

Thanks in advance for any info
Lindsay

Why only part time, can't you work full time?

The government today has announced changes to the way disabled people claim benefits, indeed, I think he will be encouraged to find work, any work, so you may find yourselves better off financially in the long run by both working :T

Jowo_2

Your employment income could have an impact on his means tested benefits but won't affect his DLA.

You can model the impact on the Turn2us online benefit calculator.

Don't forget to factor in the savings that you'll have from combining two households. Many posters focus on the loss of benefits but not on the savings from running a single household (savings on rent, travel between the properties, energy bills, water, insurance, food, etc). It's usually much more cost effective to live together.

Jowo_2

nienta wrote: »

...Basically I'm currently paying £360 rent, so if it he would have any more than that subtracted then I'll stay put, if it's the same or less then I'll move in with him (I don't have the figures of what he gets to hand).

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and they say that romance is dead?

nienta

Ta for the info, will see if I can find that calculator... Yeah I did want to just cover the practicalities and I can see it may have come across a bit.. well, practical

MrsManda

nienta wrote: »

Ta for the info, will see if I can find that calculator... Yeah I did want to just cover the practicalities and I can see it may have come across a bit.. well, practical

The benefit calculators are:
http://www.turn2us.org.uk/benefits_search.aspx

https://www.dwpe-services.direct.gov.uk/portal/page/portal/ba/lp?_piref278_36249_278_36248_36248.__ora_navig=

Any income assessed benefits he receives will be reassessed to take into account your income, non-income assessed benefits such as DLA won't be affected.

nienta

that's great, thanks for that xx