Questions regarding possibility of my partner moving in with me.

[Speedracer]

Hi all,

I hope you are all as well as you can be right now.

I am not convinced I have put this in the correct section but I hope people will be able to give advise or the benefit of their own experiences.

I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia (and other associated problems), around 7 years ago, receive ESA & DLA, as I find work impossible, & live alone. I also receive housing benefit & council tax rebate.

My partner works for herself but only works 16 to 20 hours per week, & lives over an hour away, not ideal as she is my main carer, and we want to take the decision to live together. I have been trying to do some research into this & from what I can see it is almost as though single people in my position are being discriminated against as it makes it impossible with the current rules as they are.

Is there anyone reading this who can point me in the right direction, or who has a personal experience they don't mind sharing please?

[TheAuthor]

Hi Speedracer

I sincerely hope that you are well today? As with most benefits, you will lose out on money as, and when your partner comes to live with you. You will not lose out on DLA which is a tax free benefit. However, any means tested benefit will be cut according to your partners income.

I have pasted you the GOV.UK benefits link which will explain about the individual benefits that you are receiving:

GOV.UK - Browse A to Z benefits:

gov.uk/browse/benefits

I want to wish you all the best of luck.

All my hopes and dreams for you.

Ken

[ANITARICHARDS in reply to TheAuthor]

Yes for esa income based, housing benefit and council tax benefit your partners income will be taken into account once you are living together.

[lynzard]

Good luck speedracer. Hope you'll be able to work something out. X

[Willow51]

Sorry this answer is late, I think you will probably lose some benefits, on the up-side, you will only have to finance one property unless your partner decides to keep hers as well. Hugs Linda x