Housing and wills

craigmack903 · April 11

My mum is going to leave me her house in her will what will happen to my esa will I still be able to get it and qualify the property will then be in my name i will be the landlord and owner I will not be buying or renting out any other property as I enquired about before.

luvpink · April 11

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/145427/housing-and-wills

If you intend renting the house you inherit that will generate you an income so you may lose your esa

craigmack903 · April 11

I dont intend to do this i intend to just use my house as my home

OverlyAnxious · April 11

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1116775#Comment_1116775

A landlord rents property to tenants. I don't think that's the word you meant.

If you own and live in one house, it is not counted as capital for benefits purposes.

Kimi87 · April 11

The only ESA that exists now is New Style ESA. As a Contributions Based benefit the only thing that would impact the payments is income from a pension.