Client lives alone in large 4 bedroom house following divorce. Financial settlement on divorce has been made so he is sole owner and mortgage is in his name only therefore. He wants to move to a new area to be nearer support. When he sells the house he will be left with approx £300,000 equity. He could probably buy a house in the new area which was adequate for his purposes for say £200,000. If he blows the full £300,000 on a better/bigger house than he needs, will the DWP treat this as deprivation of £100,000 capital?
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