Housing Benefit Advice - mum maybe moving in!

McKneff

Why not think about just having her to live with you without all this about annexes and living separately.

missbiggles1

McKneff wrote: »

If she is not eligible for her own state pension at her pension date she will be able to claim full state pension becase of your dads contributions, so she will benefit from that at least.


Tell her to ring the DWP and have a chat with them.

There's a good few years to go until she's eligible for a pension.

missbiggles1

McKneff wrote: »

Why not think about just having her to live with you without all this about annexes and living separately.

Or why can't she rent a flat near the OP's house?

merlin68

She cant claim is, but could claim esa.

missbiggles1

merlin68 wrote: »

She cant claim is, but could claim esa.

If she's eligible. Given that she's capable of looking after the OP's children for long hours, that may not be the case.

hopetodream

Jesus! Ok in terms of childcare, My partner runs his own company from home.....and has my daughter at home with him, so no chilcare costs. My son is of secondary school age, so needs no childcare. Even though we could take the 15 hrs all 3 yr olds are entitled too, we dont. So no cost saving there.
Yes I may have got the benefit wrong, its bereavement allowance....my sincere apologies. What happens after then....who knows???Im guessing that she will need some form of support as she cant work. I guess that will come down to me....even more reason to have her at home.
Seriously, this is everything that is wrong with the country! I have curt responses about my mother that lost her husband, who worked every day of his life, who wants to move in with us, which ultimatlely I cant afford fully.
It a soultion to what you would all call a drain on society, making it less costly.
What would your response be if I didnt have a job and 2 children? Im sure you would be telling me to rip off the state for all its worth!!
Sorry for posting in this site, having a job, not claiming a benefit, and ensuring my elderly mother is not a drain on society.
So far I have been accused of getting financial gains and fraud! I pay over £9k in taxes alone without national insurance.....fraud.....Have a word with yourself. Maybe concentrate your effects on the foreigners who come her and claim child benefit to send home to their families who dont even live here let along work here. Thats fraud!!
Some people are just vile!

missbiggles1

hopetodream wrote: »

Jesus! Ok in terms of childcare, My partner runs his own company from home.....and has my daughter at home with him, so no chilcare costs. My son is of secondary school age, so needs no childcare. Even though we could take the 15 hrs all 3 yr olds are entitled too, we dont. So no cost saving there.
Yes I may have got the benefit wrong, its bereavement allowance....my sincere apologies. What happens after then....who knows???Im guessing that she will need some form of support as she cant work. I guess that will come down to me....even more reason to have her at home.
Seriously, this is everything that is wrong with the country! I have curt responses about my mother that lost her husband, who worked every day of his life, who wants to move in with us, which ultimatlely I cant afford fully.
It a soultion to what you would all call a drain on society, making it less costly.
What would your response be if I didnt have a job and 2 children? Im sure you would be telling me to rip off the state for all its worth!!
Sorry for posting in this site, having a job, not claiming a benefit, and ensuring my elderly mother is not a drain on society.
So far I have been accused of getting financial gains and fraud! I pay over £9k in taxes alone without national insurance.....fraud.....Have a word with yourself. Maybe concentrate your effects on the foreigners who come her and claim child benefit to send home to their families who dont even live here let along work here. Thats fraud!!
Some people are just vile!

You really need to get a grip and stop taking offence where none's intended.

Nobody has accused you of fraud and several of us have suggested the way forward as far as your mother's eligibility for benefits is concerned.

Assuming this isn't a wind up (which I'm beginning to doubt) you should be thanking people for taking the time to offer you some help.

Torry_Quine

hopetodream wrote: »

Jesus! Ok in terms of childcare, My partner runs his own company from home.....and has my daughter at home with him, so no chilcare costs. My son is of secondary school age, so needs no childcare. Even though we could take the 15 hrs all 3 yr olds are entitled too, we dont. So no cost saving there.
Yes I may have got the benefit wrong, its bereavement allowance....my sincere apologies. What happens after then....who knows???Im guessing that she will need some form of support as she cant work. I guess that will come down to me....even more reason to have her at home.
Seriously, this is everything that is wrong with the country! I have curt responses about my mother that lost her husband, who worked every day of his life, who wants to move in with us, which ultimatlely I cant afford fully.
It a soultion to what you would all call a drain on society, making it less costly.
What would your response be if I didnt have a job and 2 children? Im sure you would be telling me to rip off the state for all its worth!!
Sorry for posting in this site, having a job, not claiming a benefit, and ensuring my elderly mother is not a drain on society.
So far I have been accused of getting financial gains and fraud! I pay over £9k in taxes alone without national insurance.....fraud.....Have a word with yourself. Maybe concentrate your effects on the foreigners who come her and claim child benefit to send home to their families who dont even live here let along work here. Thats fraud!!
Some people are just vile!

and breathe.

This is something you are emotionally invested in not least with the death of your father recently. Of course you want to look after her especially as she is not in the best of health.

Her best option is most likely to claim ESA which initially needs only a fit-note from her GP to claim and after approximately 13 weeks she will be assessed as to whether she is deemed 'ill enough' to get into one of the two groups. As she hasn't worked then it will be income based which she wouldn't get if she has savings over £16,000 (sliding scale between 6K and 16K) although I would think that isn't an issue from what you say.

I am no expert but wonder if the property you mention would be looked at as two properties as there are seperate facilities which may be of help.

You sound like a caring person trying to do the best for your family and I wish you well.

ETA 55 isn't old!

hopetodream

Actually, no its not a wind up at all.
I did find your comments quite rude. I purely asked for advice on where she would stand in claiming HB, the only response telling me that had any useful info came through a private messgage.
In terms of what she would be entitled to in the future, that at the moment is not a huge concern. Its what effects her now. I wont see her give up her home to move in with us, if ultimately it puts both of us in a bad position. I wish life could be different, and I could afford to wholey pay for her to live with us, but I cant.
Yes I am angry at your comments, as I didnt think people would be so rude, to what is obviousluya genuine question. You alluded that my mother is capable of looking after my children for prolonged hours. How do you know this? given I stated "when she is capable". My son is at school, my daugher starts in september, and meanwhile, as we have done since she was born, my partner looks after her when he works, from home.
I am purely asking a question on whether it is even possible. I would rather she was next door than living in a flat that someone tried to break into.

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hopetodream

Thank you for some sanity here! I will ring the agency on monday re treating as 2 properties. You hit the nail on the head. I feel emotionally drained this year. We have to move out of our dream home, dads gone, my uncle died 3 wks ago, and mum is on her own. My head is spinning trying to figure it all out x