Separated, Can I still live in the Marital Home whilst claiming Benefits?

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Hi,

H and I have separated a few months ago . We have 1 dc and I am pregnant with second. I am currently staying with family, however he has offered to move out of the marital home and let me and dc and new baby live there and he will rent somewhere else/live with his parents (not sure which he wil eventually end up doing)

The mortgage is in his name only, I will be paying all the bills except the mortgage which he will be paying. I recently made a claim for Income Support as I want to try and get myself sorted financially before baby arrives.

Can I move back to the house if he moves out? or will it affect my claim?

I am rather clueless ab out this as I have never had to claim before.

You can as long as he moves out completely eg electoral role change, your name onto bills etc. You can do it without however it'll be more likely to be investigated if you don't. As long as there's proof he isn't living there you will be fine. Obviously you can't claim housing benefit etc but if you're not paying rent you wouldn't need it anyway

Thank you rockchick1984, I would be transferring all the utilities bills etc into my name only. Was also going to change our tax credits to a single claim Will I need to change the council tax too? I will speak to him about changing electoral roll too.