Help needed PIp and education

hogan28

Hello I’m really hopping you can help me I’m currently living in supported accommodation for domestic abuse I really need for safety reasons to stay in such a place I also suffer bad mental health problems and learning disability’s i want to return to my uni course which I couldn’t finish cos of my illness however I don’t know will this affect my housing benefit I have applied for PIP does this help you get housing benefits? Any advice would really help as I badly badly need to be in supported accommodation which I could not afford without any rent help? Thank you guys 

Firefly123

Hi no pip does not help with housing benefit as you can work and still get pip. If you have no income then it would be universal credit you would also claim that helps with housing benefit. 

hogan28

Okay thank you is it limited capability I have to get ?

Ails

Hi @hogan28 and welcome to the Community.  It's nice to meet you.  I'm sorry to hear about your present circumstances and hope you are doing ok.  Please find some Scope information on PIP which you may find useful - https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/personal-independence-payment-pip/

Good luck with your PIP claim and returning to your uni course also.  Please keep in touch and let us know how you are getting on.  If we can be of any help/support to you then please just ask.  All the best. 

Firefly123

I don't know enough to answer that.It really depends on your circumstances. 

chiarieds

Hi @hogan28 - Welcome to the community from me too. As well as the PIP info Ails has given, there's also some on Housing Benefit. See: https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/housing-benefit/

& from the government website: https://www.gov.uk/housing-benefit

Also some info on being at Uni: https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/education/university-and-higher-education/

I believe that being a student can complicate benefits, so perhaps the Uni may be able to advise.

Good luck with everything, & chat here any time.