This might be ridiculous but

GARYG90 · 20 June 2018 at 6:20PM

Hi guys this might sound a bit manic but would really appreciate advice.

I'm a carer for my partner she has physical and mental health illnesses. (also have 2 kids)

She gets pip
We also get housing benefit full award
Income support
Cb/ctc
I get carers alowence

So I heard the horror stories of people going for reassessments for pip and the ascesors completely lying and the pip gets taken off the claimant.

So this would be the worse case scenario because obviously we would loose the ca. And income support (so I believe anyway)

My question is if this happened god forbid would we still get our housing benefit paid in full? We live in a council house. The most important thing would be to keep our house over our heads.

And if it did happen what would we claim. (still assuming the worst case of doing a mandatory reconsideration and tribunal both failed)

Sorry the topic is so manic and anxiety ridden it just seems the dwp make living very hard and stressful for ill and disabled people and in this day in age you have to plan ahead for multiple different scenarios.

Thank you very much in advance.

TELLIT01 · 20 June 2018 at 6:36PM

You need to remember that you never hear the stories about the millions of people on benefit where the system has worked as it is intended. It's the horror stories which hit the headlines, and rightly so, but they are a comparatively small minority.

GARYG90 · 20 June 2018 at 7:00PM

Hi thanks for reply.

Yeah I know its mad to be anxious about something that probably won't happen.

Just know a couple of people that this has happened to.

Alice_Holt · 20 June 2018 at 7:07PM

"My question is if this happened god forbid would we still get our housing benefit paid in full? "

Yes, by completing a nil income form at your local council HB dept.

As tellit01 says, try not to worry to much.
(See https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2018/june/ten-year-pip-reviews-people-most-severe-health-conditions)

Best way to plan ahead would be to know how to write a good PIP form, and be prepared for the assessment.
https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/personal-independence-payment-pip

Ezorqs · 20 June 2018 at 10:18PM

Those tribunals are wonderful things. However even if you did lose all of the above (aside from Housing benefit as others have alluded to) you can claim one of the other benefits such as JSA in the mean time (unless a UC area, in which case this gets way outta my zone). If they tell you that you have been disallowed from say 1st June and they only told you today (this is not uncommon) you can request backdating to the 1st June as you had no opportunity to claim earlier... satisfies the 'Good Cause' test under the social security pesky darned act.

Nooney123456789 · 21 June 2018 at 11:51AM

Your income support will still entitle you to housing benefit.

poppy12345 · 21 June 2018 at 12:17PM

Nooney123456789 wrote: »

Your income support will still entitle you to housing benefit.

If the OP loses entitlement to Carers Allowance, unless they have a child under the age of 5 they won't be entitled to Income Support.

As stated, housing benefit can be claimed through nil income.

Mojisola · 21 June 2018 at 12:21PM

GARYG90 wrote: »

So I heard the horror stories of people going for reassessments for pip and the ascesors completely lying and the pip gets taken off the claimant.

Always ask for the interview to be recorded - much less chance of the wrong answers being put on the form.

GARYG90 · 21 June 2018 at 10:30PM

Thank you so much for advice

GARYG90 · 21 June 2018 at 10:33PM

Hi there thank you for advice. I have a 4 year old and a 4 month old baby.

That's not bad then. I thought if loosing pip your income support would go as well with Ca

GARYG90 · 22 June 2018 at 8:48AM

Also if this was to happen would Ctc and CB stay the same. Thank you

This might be ridiculous but

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