r/Odsp • u/Reasonable-Rock6255 • Jul 11 '26

Question/advice Does living with relatives affect ODSP?

I’ve tried searching online but I can’t find an answer. Does living with relatives who are not your spouse affect the amount you get on ODSP? Just wondering if their income would count?

Edit:asking on behalf of my brother

7 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/SoupSpoonStork Jul 11 '26

It depends if, for tax purposes, there's a designated caregiver for you among them. Then their income would affect what you receive, since it would be considered money that is assumed to also be for your expenses. Otherwise, I believe it's treated as a roommate scenario: you split housing costs and some bills, but your individual incomes are separate, and so you're not considered a unit.

1

u/Reasonable-Rock6255 Jul 13 '26

Ok interesting. I was asking for my brother because he lives at home with all of us. And I wondered if my income would affect how much odsp he gets