My sister has some life long mental health issues and has been getting ESA and DLA benefits for some time now. She is saving for when she gets a council property but because of the long wait to get this property, about 2 and half years now, her savings have gone past the £16,000 limit for the ESA.
Is it just a case of spending the money to drop below the £16,000 and keeping it below that limit to make sure she remains entitled to keep the ESA benefit? I don't want her to lose it, finally get a council property but have her means to pay for it restricted. I've heard is hard to get it back if you lose it.
She doesn't have any large regular expenditures, she currently lives with our parents can they back date rent payments to help her bring it down?