Can anyone advise....my marriage has broken down and I need to move to rental accommodation with my son. I am a frontline healthcare worker on a low salary working 35 hours a week. To be able to move I think I need to apply for benefits for the first time in my life. However I need to apply for them to enable me to be able to afford to move, then help with housing costs etc. Can I do this before the change happens? I won’t be eligible based on my circumstances now due to my husband’s salary, however he is in huge financial difficulty. and that being said he will not be supporting me in any way when I do manage to move out, at least for the near future. Any advice would be much appreciated!