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G3Hammond

Hi long time back my parents wanted to transfer a property to me.
My parents lived in it but my Mum has very recently died.

She paid no rent to us so and the property was disregarded by the DWP when I made my original ESA claim over 10 years ago as I have a relative living in it.

We live in a rented accommodation where we get housing benefit, DLA and Tax Credits, and Carers Allowance

I used to be in the contribution based ESA but at some point it seems they pulled me out at some point and I am now in the Income Based ESA now as far as I can tell. 
Apart from being pulled out of the support group 1 or twice in 10 years I have always been in the ESA Support group.

I have checked and I have paid and I have at least 35 paid years of NI contributions.

How will this affect my current situation  and what is the best way to proceed.

Many Thanks for any help given.

Albus_Scope

Hi @G3Hammond and welcome to the community.

Firstly, I'm so sorry for your loss. With regard to your question, I personally cant advise on this situation, but I'm sure one of our regulars will be along soon with some top answers. 

G3Hammond

Thanks for taking the time to say about my Mum ... (Appreciated)

poppy123456

Sorry for your loss. When a ESA claim is a mixture of both contributions based and Income Related it will be known as an Income Related claim. This doesn't mean part of it isn't contributions based. An old contributions based ESA can include the income Related top up depending on circumstances.

The 35 years of NI contributions doesn't mean anything. What counted at the time of your ESA claim would have been the previous 2 tax years.

I'd advise you to ring ESA to ask what your claim is made up of and if any of it is contributions based. If any part of it is contributions based then this will continue, regardless of savings/capital.

Carers allowance and Tax credits are also not affected. Housing benefit and Council tax reduction will be affected, as well as any Income Related ESA. All those will end if there's capital in the property of more than £16,000. (unless you plan on living in the property)  You will need to contact all the departments that pay your means tested benefits.

Rosie_Scope

Hello @G3Hammond, just checking in. Sorry to read you recently lost your mum. Hope you're getting on okay in the circumstances.

I'm sure this must be a really stressful time for you, but did you manage to contact ESA to clarify things?

Citizens Advice might be another port of call if you needed to chat it through with somebody external