Housing element Uc. I’m confused?!

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    You are worrying needlessly. You’re no longer in a relationship with them and are now seeing someone else. 
    You can live with someone and lead completely separate lives and still claim UC as a single person. 
    Please try to think of something else because as advised a few times, you ah e nothing to worry about. There’s nothing to report.
  • dp267p
    dp267p Community member Posts: 69 Connected
    None of the energy or water bills are in my name though. 

    Does that matter? I won’t receive a payment from UC for this. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    It makes no difference. You are worrying needlessly.
  • dp267p
    dp267p Community member Posts: 69 Connected
    I am still worried about this. Saw a case in the news where two women lived together but claiming as single. But they made joint claim for tax or something as a couple. 

    I know me and my ex partner are 100% not a couple. 

    But I think people love to twist and bend the truth if they could accuse you of something. 
  • bg844
    bg844 Community member Posts: 3,883 Championing
    Remember that a lot of things posted in these news articles are far from correct at times. I see things daily which misinterpret the truth surrounding the DWP and as Poppy has said previously, you are worrying needlessly.
  • dp267p
    dp267p Community member Posts: 69 Connected
    Just to touch on this. 

    He’s been eating my food recently. I’m worried that means we aren’t living separate lives. Bit of a pain when stuff like that happens. 

    Shared front room isn’t easy either. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    Sharing a living room and eating your food sometimes does not mean you're living together as a couple. I don't think there's anything else to add other than what's already been said
  • dp267p
    dp267p Community member Posts: 69 Connected
    So I went to job centre today despite being LCWRA and on PIP and they asked my partner who accompanied me what his name was. They said are you such and such a person and my partner said no I’m etc etc. 

    so clearly the job centre think I’m living with my partner. Even though I’m not! Great! Now I’m worried. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    dp267p said:
    So I went to job centre today despite being LCWRA and on PIP and they asked my partner who accompanied me what his name was. They said are you such and such a person and my partner said no I’m etc etc. 

    so clearly the job centre think I’m living with my partner. Even though I’m not! Great! Now I’m worried. 

    You're not a couple, regardless of the fact you live in the same house. You can have a partner but not live together. Just because the person asked what "your partners names was" it doesn't mean they now think you're living as a couple.
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 5,232 Championing
    What did you need to go to the job centre for that they were asking about the person you were with @dp267p? Don't answer if it's personal but with LCWRA there aren't many reasons you should need to go.


  • dp267p
    dp267p Community member Posts: 69 Connected
    I just went to like a little mental health jobs fair. They had mental health charities and activities to improve mental health there too. Just thought I’d go. I was invited despite being LCWRA. 

    They directly asked my current partner was his name the same name as the person I share a joint tenancy with. (The Work Coach who set up the fair)
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community member Posts: 5,232 Championing
    That's a bit weird of them to ask but I wouldn't worry. People have joint tenancies for lots of reasons and doesn't mean you're partners <3 Was the mental health fair useful? 
  • dp267p
    dp267p Community member Posts: 69 Connected
    It’s because my partner came with as social support and they thought his name was the same as on my tenancy. But they both have different names. 
  • dp267p
    dp267p Community member Posts: 69 Connected
    I’m also just wondering. Do you only get the LHA universal credit element if you’re claiming PIP?

    I tried to work out on entitledto.co.Uk that if I lost PIP… what would happen?

    I’m totally confused. 
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 59,054 Championing
    dp267p said:
    I’m also just wondering. Do you only get the LHA universal credit element if you’re claiming PIP?


    No. You can still claim it even without a PIP award.
    dp267p said:
    I tried to work out on entitledto.co.Uk that if I lost PIP… what would happen?

    If you're under 35 and you're single. If you lost your PIP daily living award then you will only be entitled to the shared rate of LHA. https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/
    If you're over 35 then losing a PIP award will make no difference to your housing element entitlement.



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