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mel86
mel86 Online Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
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I was awarded pip standard rate and I’m on esa income related too but they say I’m not entitled too SDP because I’m registered at my sons and sofa surf between my mum son and daughter is this correct I’m not a tennent my son works and is the tennent but does not pay anything too me ? 

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing
    edited September 2022
    DWP are correct in telling you you're not entitled to SDP, this is because you don't live alone. Even if you were paying rent to your son, you still won't be entitled to it, unless he was either registered blind or claiming a qualifying disability benefit himself.
  • racyguy
    racyguy Online Community Member Posts: 560 Empowering
    mel86 said:
    I was awarded pip standard rate and I’m on esa income related too but they say I’m not entitled too SDP because I’m registered at my sons and sofa surf between my mum son and daughter is this correct I’m not a tennent my son works and is the tennent but does not pay anything too me ? 
    Simply put you have not organised your sleeping arrangements in such a way that you would be given the SDP.
    Knowing the basic rules that you must live alone in order to qualify.
     
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Online Community Member Posts: 64,456 Championing
    racyguy said:
    mel86 said:
    I was awarded pip standard rate and I’m on esa income related too but they say I’m not entitled too SDP because I’m registered at my sons and sofa surf between my mum son and daughter is this correct I’m not a tennent my son works and is the tennent but does not pay anything too me ? 

    Knowing the basic rules that you must live alone in order to qualify.
     
    Or be classed as living alone. In this case all the adults that live in the house where they sofa surf needs to be claiming a qualifying disability benefit or be registered blind. 
    I live with my adult daughter, she claims PIP so I’m entitled to the SDP in my ESA.
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,471 Championing
    This sounds like a really tough situation @mel86. I know it's not a simple task, but do you have any plans to move into more a permanent housing situation?

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