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Staying with partner but not living together (any rules on this)

dp267p

Is there a rule on how long you can stay at your partners house even though you evidently rent your own house and claim UC housing element for it etc?

Does it affect your benefit entitlement. I read on Age Uk it doesn’t make a blind bit of difference. As long as you can evidence you have your own place and bills for it etc.

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janer1967

Hi there

If you look for the post titled hypothetical question ref uc it gives all details there with some excellent links

dp267p

Searched but can’t find

janer1967

Try recent discussions I only posted it last week maybe a few pages on

@Tori_Scope can you find the thread and put a link to it

janer1967

It had lots of detail which is why can't type it all out

poppy123456

The thread in question is here https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/93722/hypothetical-question-re-uc#latest

Tori_Scope

Thanks for posting the link @poppy123456

I only just saw this tag.

Has reading through the other thread helped to answer your question @dp267p? Please do let us know if there's anything you're still unsure about. It can all be a bit confusing, can't it?

dp267p

I stay there two nights a week. Is that allowed?

bg844

In a nutshell, yes. Please see that link.

Cartini

woodbine said:

Personally I have always believed that if a couple are living together even just for a few nights that for benefits they should be classed as a couple, otherwise the system is open to abuse.

Agreed.

poppy123456

woodbine said:

Personally I have always believed that if a couple are living together even just for a few nights that for benefits they should be classed as a couple, otherwise the system is open to abuse.

Staying at your partners house a couple of times a week is not classed as living together permanently. Especially if the one partner also has their own home paying their own bills. I see no wrong doing here at all.

janer1967

Thanks everyone for providing the link

@woodbine I was always led to believe you could stay over 3 nights a week but this isn't the case there is no specific limit

As the link reads as long as the couple are not part of the same household they do not need to claim uc as a couple