What counts as a change in circumstances?
A change in circumstances can be relating to you, your partner or anyone else living in your household and can be, for example:
Income
If you or your partner’s income goes up or down or if the income of any other person in your household goes up or down, for example:
- Income Support
- Job Seekers Allowance
- State Retirement Pensions
- Works/Occupational Pensions
- Earnings
- Working Tax Credit/Child Tax Credit
- Child Benefit
- Savings or Capital
- Rent from sub-tenants or lodgers
- Maintenance payments
- Any other state Benefits.
Accommodation details
- If you move to a new home OR
- If your rent goes up or down.
- If you change rooms.
- If your house is adapted as part of the Sanctuary Scheme.
Household details
- If a child is born.
- If any of your children leave school or leave home.
- If you stop receiving Child Benefit for any of your children.
- If any of your other circumstances change.
- If anyone moves into or out of your home, including lodgers and subtenants.
- If you or anyone living with you starts work.
- If you or anyone living with you becomes a student, goes on a government training scheme, goes in hospital or a nursing home, goes into prison or changes or leaves a job.
- If you receive any decision from the Home Office.
- If you or your partner are going to be away from home for more than a month.
If you are unsure whether we need to know about a specific change then please contact us and we will be happy to advise you.