Hi, my name is headsaway123! Does my daughter need to tell ESA and PIP she's homeless?

headsaway123
headsaway123 Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited August 2024 in Benefits and income

Hi my daughter lives with me and is claiming pip and esa.But I want her to move out  for personal reasons .I said she can still use my address as a care of address will she need to inform pip and esa that she is basically  homless.

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 6,558 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Hi @headsaway123, welcome to the community. 

    You can still claim benefits when you are homeless, so your daughter should be fine using your address as her care-of address. Unless she receives any housing-related benefits, there isn't much to report as a change to her circumstances, but I'm no expert on this area so I wouldn't like to say for certain that this would be the case. 

    It might be worth asking Citizens Advice or a local benefits advisor whether they can clear things up for you both. 

    I'll pop your post over to our benefits section so that more members can find it and offer some more solid advice than I can, but I just wanted to say hello and welcome :)