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Capital - unhabitable property
Hello. Just putting feelers out in advance of meeting a difficult client appointment next week. She is already in arrears for several months ‘bedroom tax’ and has possession hearing listed next month for arrears and NDD.. Her social worker has submitted DHP so that wasn’t the main issue I was asked to see her about. I was expecting to appeal a fail to attend PIP medical as well as start a new claim to stop NDD however there has been a terrible twist which she isn’t actually aware of yet. She is carer for her son with downs syndrome, income CA and IS (currently suspended - although not seen the letter yet) and she has been getting HB and CTR. However, a property she bought and abandoned years ago has surfaced, the JC+ are asking more info and HB have found out about it.
I believe it is a shell - not seen it but notes indicate she has said it was involved in a fire and has been inhabitable. There are no historic notes available to me about the property.
If the property really is inhabitable, is there any way you might suggest having this property disregarded as capital?
Any useful information gratefully received. As ever - thanks in advance.
Yasmin