I have been living on my own with my 3 young children since splitting up with my husband 3yrs ago. I work but im on a low income so get help from housing benefit towards my rent and council tax. My husband and I never divorced and Im glad we didnt as after 3yrs apart and going through councelling etc we have both changed, seen where we went wrong before and are now ready to make a go of our marriage again.
However the problem I have is that when we decide for my husband to move back in obviously our housing benefit will change. My husband is also on a low salary but one of the main problems being is that our of his pay he has to pay out £400 CSA payments on his two children he had in a previous marriage before me. From what I can see on housing benefit they will not take this payment into consideration when assessing us and this means that if he moves back we will not get any help at all and basically because of the csa payment and then having to pay full rent and council tax leaves us with absolutely nothing to pay other bills or to live on?
Is this correct that housing benefit do not take cas payments into regard when assessing us?
However the problem I have is that when we decide for my husband to move back in obviously our housing benefit will change. My husband is also on a low salary but one of the main problems being is that our of his pay he has to pay out £400 CSA payments on his two children he had in a previous marriage before me. From what I can see on housing benefit they will not take this payment into consideration when assessing us and this means that if he moves back we will not get any help at all and basically because of the csa payment and then having to pay full rent and council tax leaves us with absolutely nothing to pay other bills or to live on?
Is this correct that housing benefit do not take cas payments into regard when assessing us?