Can I get ODSP if I get an inheritance?

An is money or other property that you get from someone who has died.

Getting an inheritance can affect whether you can get from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). This is because ODSP has rules about the maximum amount of and someone on income support can have.

Rules about income and assets

To qualify financially for ODSP, your income can't be more than a certain amount. That amount depends on the number of people in your household and the cost of your housing.

ODSP looks at your assets because your assets can’t be worth more than a certain amount. This amount also depends on the number of people in your .

Some income and assets are “exempt”. This means that ODSP does not count them when they add up how much your income and assets are worth.

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