wil my benefit be taken away if i have no fixed abode ?

[lindy 12]

hi i receive esa i was living with my friend but not claiming any form of housing bebefit i just received my esa benefit but now my friend is moving and i have no fixed address ive been staying with friends and family but now ive been told my benefit will be stopped because ive no fixed abode is this correct any one im disabled and in the support group of employment and support allowance how will i be able to live im worried sick can any one help me please

[honeybee13]

Hello and welcome to CAG.

 

I've moved you to the benefits forum where the guys will know the answers. This cropped up the other day, I'll try to find the thread for you.

 

My best, HB

[Lapsed Workaholic]

Hello Lindy and welcome to GAG

 

The thread on the same issue that Honeybee referred to is:

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?440405-benefits

 

Antone's response in that thread addresses situations similar to the one you find yourself in and hopefully it will help you in finding a solution to your situation and hopefully set your mind at rest.

PS: What happened there? Didn't mean to repeat myself

[honeybee13]

Thank you, Lapsed. I've removed the first version of this to tidy up the thread.

 

HB

[Lapsed Workaholic]

Thank you, Honey, for sorting out my lapse.

[honeybee13]

Thank you, Honey, for sorting out my lapse.

 

Very good. Now let's get back to helping the OP if we can.

 

HB

[**Margaret**]

:lindy 12:

 

antone's advice on the other thread is correct. Who suggested that you'd lose benefit cos of being homeless?

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?440405-benefits

(#3)

 

Claimant's aren't denied benefits simply cos they're homeless. But you do need to advise Jobcentreplus of a contact address where you can freely receive mail from them. First undelivered, or apparently ignored, letter they'll suspend payments while they find out what's happening. Or more likely, wait for you to query the non-payment.

 

As for housing benefit? Dependent on your circumstances, you may be entitled to some housing benefit if you have to pay rent, so long as it's not to close family in a contrived attempt to claim benefit. Praps contact Shelter for more specific advice;

 

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/homelessness

 

Or contact your local authority if you've lived in their area for several years or have a connection to the area.

 

Best wishes, Margaret.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Littleredriding]

:lindy 12:

 

antone's advice on the other thread is correct. Who suggested that you'd lose benefit cos of being homeless?

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?440405-benefits

(#3)

 

Claimant's aren't denied benefits simply cos they're homeless. But you do need to advise Jobcentreplus of a contact address where you can freely receive mail from them. First undelivered, or apparently ignored, letter they'll suspend payments while they find out what's happening. Or more likely, wait for you to query the non-payment.

 

As for housing benefit? Dependent on your circumstances, you may be entitled to some housing benefit if you have to pay rent, so long as it's not to close family in a contrived attempt to claim benefit. Praps contact Shelter for more specific advice;

 

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/homelessness

 

Or contact your local authority if you've lived in their area for several years or have a connection to the area.

 

Best wishes, Margaret.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purely out of interest. So someone that begs on the street, assuming that they are legally allowed to claim benefits, isn't actually someone without a pot to p*** in?

They would quite probably be claiming benefits but purporting to have nothing except what they have in their cap on the pavement?

[antone]

Purely out of interest. So someone that begs on the street, assuming that they are legally allowed to claim benefits, isn't actually someone without a pot to p*** in?

They would quite probably be claiming benefits but purporting to have nothing except what they have in their cap on the pavement?

 

This is a complex question, but the upshot is that (for now at least) most folks who receive benefits aren't so poor they need to beg on the streets. But there are places where people fall through gaps in the system, and for one reason or another are not able in practice to get help that they may, in theory, be entitled to. It also doesn't help that street homeless people tend to live chaotic and precarious lives, and a significant number of them suffer from mental illness.

 

It's too broad a topic to go into here, really, but as a factual answer, the fact that someone lives on the streets is not in itself a legal barrier to receiving benefits.

[Helen2264]

hi i receive esa i was living with my friend but not claiming any form of housing bebefit i just received my esa benefit but now my friend is moving and i have no fixed address ive been staying with friends and family but now ive been told my benefit will be stopped because ive no fixed abode is this correct any one im disabled and in the support group of employment and support allowance how will i be able to live im worried sick can any one help me please

 

You can use a corresponding address to receive your benefit, you don't need to be living at that address but you can use it for all your correspondences. Can you please tell me who told you, your benefit will stop if you do not have a fixed abode because that is wrong?