Moving out

[Clothnappybum]

Hi everyone I hope you're all well
I've decided with my mental health being really rocky and being in hospital for 2 months I can't cope at home, my husband is great with our 3 children and I love them all but my husband has got aggressive with me when I've been unwell before and he's sorry and I went home for 2 hours the other day and it was too much so I've decided with my mental health the way it is to move to supported accommodation until I can get my head together, i will continue therapy and seeing my children regularly but I know this is what I need.

Now the technical bit, we currently jointly rent our social housing home and I would need to be moved to supported accommodation as I dissociate to the point where I have other personalities who self harm and try to kill themselves, one has also threatened to harm my children, I need to know how will I go about getting a place I've already applied to the housing register and put why I need supported accommodation.
Can anyone help or give me ideas how this will all work? Also will my husband get income support as he will no longer have my personal Independance payment payments and how will that work with the Motability car which il still need to get to appointments?

So many questions can anyone help

Hi,

When my DH was homeless his CPN went to the housing office with him and discussed his housing needs and got his priority for housing increased. Would your CPN/care coordinator do this with you. Also do you have a social worker? If not I would ask for one to help you with this whole process. Are you still an inpatient? If so this may help speed things up if your team agree that you can't be discharged home. Some housing officers may say that you are making yourself voluntarily homeless and go to the bottom of your list, but if it's your mental health needs that mean that your previous home is now unsuitable then they can't legaly do this. The rethink website has some useful information with regards to this.

I would advise your husband to either use an online benefits calculator or speak to citizens advise about what benefits he will be entitled to. It will all depend on his circumstances. He will get reduced council tax as the only adult, but everything else will depend on his income and situation. Technically your PIP is for the extra costs involved in you maintaining your independance and was never family money anyway, it has no bearing on other benefits as far as I'm aware so if he was not entitled to benefits before I don't think that will change. Its the same with the motability car, that was provided to you to maintain your independance not to the family so will remain with you I think. If things are amicable between you though you may be able to let him borrow it, not sure on the rules. DH and I shared my car when we were living seperately due to his mental health and it worked fine, but I don't know the motability rules and obviously don't know the situation with your relationship with your husband.

Hi thanks for your reply, apparently according to one support benefits advise him and the kids would be a lot worse off financially so I don't think it's an option which I feel down about. I think he could keep the car but supported housing means my pip would stop as I'm
In supported housing