Any help on a partner moving in with me who claims benefit but I dont

alex140585
alex140585 Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
in Benefits and income

Hi,

My partner currently claims UC, PIP & LCWRA. He lives in a housing association property so gets the housing element included in his UC claim.

He had a brain injury a few years ago which is why he can no longer work and therefore is entitled to higher rate PIP and also LCWRA.

We have decided that we would like to live together (him move in with me), which would obviously affect his claim.

I work full time and receive no benefits at all.

I understand that he would still be entitled to the PIP claim, and I assume the LCWRA (although I could be mistaken), but would he be entitled to any UC at all? Or would I be expected to ‘keep’ him as such, because of my earnings?


I guess he wouldn’t be entitled to the housing element of UC, as he would not have the rent at his current property to pay. But I wasn’t sure if there is a small allowance that UC would still provide for him to contribute towards living costs etc at my home, or would that all fall on me?


Any help or information would be greatly appreciated!!

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  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Community Member Posts: 8,792 Championing
    edited May 23

    LCWRA element is part of Universal Credit.

    Once you are living together, you would open a UC claim and link both claims together.

    Any entitlement is based on your circumstances as a couple.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-credit-and-couples-an-introduction/universal-credit-further-information-for-couples

    Try a benefits calculator to estimate your joint award if any

    https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

    Housing Element is paid for rent and applicable service charges. Nothing exists for what you describe.

  • flour
    flour Community Member Posts: 143 Empowering
    edited May 23
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/146501/any-help-on-a-partner-moving-in-with-me-who-claims-benefit-but-i-dont

    Hi @alex140585

    Welcome to the forum!

    You should really speak to a benefits expert about this. You can call Citizens Advice Help to Claim Helpline from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday: 0800 144 8 444

    Anyone whose not on benefits can call and they can run through your circumstances and what will happen when your partner moves in.

    Equally, if they are limited in how they can help they can give you the telephone for your local office to see if you can chat to them (though you may have to wait for an appointment).

    You can read more about this free service here: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/universal-credit/claiming/contact-us-about-universal-credit/

    I hope this helps?

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 4,888 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Hi @alex140585 and a warm welcome to the community from me!

    It sounds like it would definitely be worth contacting a qualified benefit information specialist about this as moving in together and benefits can be quite a complex situation and can often vary😊

    It's lovely to have you here and I hope you enjoy your time on the forum

  • alex140585
    alex140585 Community Member Posts: 2 Listener

    Thank you all for your information. It is greatly appreciated.


    I really don’t have any idea about how the benefits system works, and I came across your forum and thought it was worth a shot posting a note on here.


    I definitely will take contact citizens advice and a qualified benefit information specialist.


    I didn’t realise that I would have to make a joint claim with join regarding the UC. I’m not entitled to any, as I work full time, so I would never have thought that I would need to make a UC claim to have Toby live with me.


    I have asked my partner to add a note to his ‘journal’ on his UC account to speak with someone regarding this.


    I guess the UC claim depends on the household income, which would be my income, so I’m not sure if he would be entitled to anything at all. I think that I may have to ‘keep’ him, and him be the house husband whilst I earn a crust 😂

    I don’t want him, or me, to get into any trouble by him claiming anything that he wouldn’t be entitled to. Likewise, I don’t want him to miss out on anything that he MAY be entitled to.

    I also wasn’t aware that the LCWRA was an element of UC. I thought it was independent, like PIP is. So thank you @Kimi87 for that piece of information!

    Again, thank you all. You’ve been a great help and pointed me in the right direction of what steps to take next. ☺️

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 2,268 Connected

    If you have more than £160000 in savings, you won't be eligible for UC.

    For example, if you have £15999, you're just under the limit so if you get a pay rise of an extra quid an hour, that'd put you over the limit.

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