Hi, new to the forum, hope someone can be of help.
This is regarding my daughter who is having all sorts of trouble with the UC.
She and her husband were living in house A.
Her mother in law was living in house B.
Due to a need for more room they swapped.
Daughter then bought house C, and to save £6k on unnecessary stamp duty they left the house A in her husbands name since he is the sole beneficiary in the event of his mother's death.
Son in law and Daughter makes no money from house A. There is no mortgage, her mother in law pays no rent as it is her house except on the deeds.
Daughter has just transitioned from ESA to UC and has a 12 month transition period where savings etc are not counted.
However:
1) UC are stopping £180 a month from her UC as she has capital in the form of property which she has informed them is not the case.
Interestingly they are not counting savings above the £6k limit for UC during this 12 month transition period.
2) Once the mother in law in house A reaches 66 it will not count as capital, but at the end of the 12 month transition period there are 3 months where it will count before the mother in law reaches 66 and so daughter will receive no UC whatsoever for those 3 months.
Daughter has rung 3 times and spoke to a DWP person at the local office who all tell her there is nothing to be done, despite technically they can disregard the property given the circumstances.
Any ideas please?
