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PIP & ESA - Buying home under Right to Buy Scheme

Hi all. My mother in law has received an offer to buy her house under the Right to Buy Scheme. Myself and my husband (her son) are wanting to "gift" the money to her to do this via savings/part home owner loan, but we are wanting to know if this will affect her PIP and ESA. We know that her housing benefit will obviously stop, but unsure on anything else...or whether there is anything else that we need to be aware of that could cause issues with the benefits. Can anyone help?
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There are people here that know a lot more about ESA, and hopefully someone will be able to give you some more info soon.
Her ESA is income based, so if I transferred the funds direct to solicitor instead of to her own account, that could potentially work? The solicitor has advised that I would need to sign a form to confirm I am "gifting" the money. Unsure what the best thing is to do.
Sorry to bother you.
Just been looking on the gov website and it states "You cannot get income-related ESA if you have savings or investments worth over £16,000"
Even if I pay the solicitor directly for the full cost of the house (34k) would still this be OK noting the above? I guess she would have an asset not investment but would this matter and cause issues with her income based ESA?