Finances

[Mummymacd]

Hi. After some advice.
Hubby and I are splitting up. He is moving out. I am staying in the rented house we have with the children. So he’s move date is looking like 1st August.

Hubby works, I lost my job when the pandemic hit. We claim universal credit.

I need to know when to inform universal credit of him moving out. If I leave it until after he’s moved out I will have no money to run this house as universal credit will take into account his wages but he won’t be sending any over to me as he will have his own house to run.

They work out our claim on payments in up to about 26/27 of the month.

Anybody been in a similar situation and can offer advice please.

Thanks

You need him to make sure he has no mail at your address and is not on the rent agreement, he also can’t be on any utility bills or the council tax. You can ring universal credit and chat to them

Also you can be separate and live in the same property

Start the paperwork and get him off bills etc so you take over now

You make the claim a single claim on the day he moves out. He needs to pay CM. Your Uc assessment period should stay the same if you just take him off the claim, no need to make a new claim. I presume he wont need to claim UC when he lives by himself?

No he won’t need to claim but if I wait until he moves out I will have no money to pay rent or bills or feed the kids and myself for a month.

@Mummymacd

No he won’t need to claim but if I wait until he moves out I will have no money to pay rent or bills or feed the kids and myself for a month.

You may be able to ask UC for a change of circumstance advance. If the amount of Uc you are going to receive is going to be going up ( as I imagine it will if you don't work as there will be no deductions for your partner's wages), then you can ask to apply for this. Give them a ring or ask on your journal what will be available to you.

Thank you. I have written a note on the journal and am awaiting a reply.