Moving over from esa to uc having panics about my tenancy agreement

sammieb1974

Can anyone help me im due to move over to uc by end of June me and my partner will obviously be making a joint claim but when I got my house with housing association it was in 2007 my partner didnt live with me then he did finally move in with me and he claimed esa for both of us thehousing benefit was paid its got his name on letters and we both have out name on council tax I asked them years ago to add him and they 100% know he lives in the house will this affect us when we move over to universal credit obviously we make out own claims then joining them together any help please desperately needed some clarification ive got 2 weeks im so stressed

Holly_Scope

Hi @sammieb1974 this post might be helpful to have a little look through. It's a similar situation and the first few comments especially help to answer it 😊

Housing element for couple but only one on tenancy agreement viable? — Scope | Online Community

sammieb1974

Ive read this but doesn't make sense we are on esa/ pip at the moment he claims for me has for years now when I first got my housing association house in 2007 he didnt live with me but a while later moved in he started claiming for me as a couple and i phoned my housing association and they said they would add him to tenancy the housing benefit is in his name and were both on council tax ir just this tenancy thing thats really stressing me out we can prove he benefit pay the rent in his name etc its just this stupid tenancy thing we have to migrate over before 3rd July so basically we have both had letter saying we need to go on to universal credit so we have to both make a claim separately and join them together obviously the housing association know he lives here as the benefits rent money is paid to them and its in partners name its just so stressful now people have said it wont make a difference we will still get full housing just like it was like with housing benefit I just need to know if anyone has been in same situation my head is in bits hes poorly he has lots of health problems and ive been told to try claim carers too ,he doesn't have a bank account we only have my account were his benefit goes in to and has for many years just wondering if anyone else has had this issue or will it be fine any advise we both dont work