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GARYG90
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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.
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.
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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.0
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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.0 -
"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-pipAlice Holt Forest situated some 4 miles south of Farnham forms the most northerly gateway to the South Downs National Park.0 -
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.0
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Your income support will still entitle you to housing benefit.0
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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.Nooney123456789 wrote: »Your income support will still entitle you to housing benefit.
As stated, housing benefit can be claimed through nil income.0 -
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Thank you so much for advice0
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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 Ca0 -
Also if this was to happen would Ctc and CB stay the same. Thank you0
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