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Will my husband be able to claim Carer's Allowance?

For a number of reasons my husband has decided to retire next April, when he will be 59.
At the moment I receive ESA (Cont) Support group and PIP enhanced care and enhanced mobility plus a small pension. My son currently receives Carer's allowance for me and works part time, but he would welcome the chance to go full time and get on with his own life.
The only income my husband will have is from a property we rent out, which works out at about £90 per week net.
I've tried a couple of benefits calculators but they don't seem able to cope with our circumstances. I know that my husband can claim Carer's Allowance and get his NI credits, but will he actually receive any money - one calculator said yes, the other no.
At the moment I receive ESA (Cont) Support group and PIP enhanced care and enhanced mobility plus a small pension. My son currently receives Carer's allowance for me and works part time, but he would welcome the chance to go full time and get on with his own life.
The only income my husband will have is from a property we rent out, which works out at about £90 per week net.
I've tried a couple of benefits calculators but they don't seem able to cope with our circumstances. I know that my husband can claim Carer's Allowance and get his NI credits, but will he actually receive any money - one calculator said yes, the other no.
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Hopefully, they will be able to give to you clearer advice about your own circumstances
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Carer's allowance is not means tested, though to receive payment you must be earning under the earnings limit of £120 per week.
Where someone has a property they let out as a small landlord, i.e. only 1 or 2 properties not a business, its treated as capital not income. As Carer's Allowance is not means tested none of our capital or my income is taken into account.
Outcome - hubby will be paid Carer's Allowance, which may be just enough to keep us going until he gets his state pension at 67.
If everything is ok and you aren't getting the SDP then you could claim that maybe and not worry about carers allowance? I suppose it depends on your situation and the best bet would be to contact the CAB to clarify. I am assuming that SDP is still applicable to a PIP decision in the same way it was to a DLA one. It is though part of the ESA claim.
The only other thing I can think of that may be relevant is that owning a property is classed as having savings of the same amount and would therefore exceed the savings limit for entitlement for benefits.
TK
TK
Carer's allowance is not means-tested and therefore capital, in the form of property, is irrelevant.
I did get housing benefit and a severe disability discount on council tax. Maybe that's the difference.
It is certainly most unfair that claiming benefits gets so complicated especially as the people who need them most are usually the least able to work it out.
TK
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