Another brown envelope arrived yesterday from DWP, I thought it might be about my MR decision. No it was just another kick in the teeth to tell me that the little bit of help I had received with my ...
Discussion in Benefits and financial support - 19 Dec 2017
I currently work 35 hours but it's becoming harder and harder to continue. We have a mortgage on our home but I also own another property that I rent out. Would this affect any esa I'm entitled to.
Discussion in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) - 11 Apr 2021
Hello everybody, hope you're all doing as well as can be during these times. My partner and I have been looking for housing suitable for someone with a wheelchair in Southampton for about a year now, ...
Discussion in Housing and independent living - 16 Jun 2020
Thanks for letting me join my husband is long term sick with COPD plus other illnesses I also have 3 young men 20,30,and 32 (our boys)on PIP too we want to get a mortgage as our landlord of 15yrs ...
Discussion in Housing and independent living - 18 Jun 2021
Hi, even though i own my own house with my wife and my wife works part time, we have been told that we would not be able to get a new mortgage due to my wife working part time and because she is over ...
Discussion in Housing and independent living - 30 Jun 2021
Will paying off my mortgage affect my benefits? I'm currently on Universal Credit and Pip. I have a Recoop (sorry for the spelling) mortgage and want to know if it will affect my benefits if i pay it ...
Discussion in Start here and say hello! - 8 Apr 2024
Good afternoon, you may be aware of changes that the government is making to SMI mortgage interest payments which affect mainly pensioners and the disabled which I find to be totally unfair and ...
Discussion in Disability rights and campaigning - 7 Mar 2018
Hi, We have a mortgage with about £18k left on it. I've been saving up £9k slowly but surely over a few years so I can pay off my half completely and help get the bills down. In total my current ...
Discussion in Universal Credit (UC) - 6 Aug 2024
Hi all, just looking for some advice so I’m on UC (since October 2021, on LCWRA, no children or career responsibilities), and have a mortgage (about 3 years in), and I’ve looked at the government ...
Discussion in Universal Credit (UC) - 21 Jun 2022
my husband and I put our house up for sale as our daughter is 11 and is sharing with her 9yo brother who has autism. We put our house up for sale and had offers. However when it came to getting a ...
Discussion in Housing and independent living - 13 Sep 2020
