Carers Allowance/rental income

My wife receives Carers Allowance for our teenage son (she has no income). We bought a house with an annex building in the garden as we thought this might be suitable to give our son some independence in due course.

In the meantime (which will probably be several years) we have decided to do holiday lets/Airbnb in the annex.

Will earnings from lettings be counted as income for my wife with the potential of going over the carers allowance limit?

Thanks

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Hi @cognis0 welcome to the forum, best bet is email carers uk and ask them as I am not sure on this matter. Contact us | Carers UK.
It is a grey area but someone is bound to know.

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My understanding is that Carers Allowance takes only earned income into account, but it’s best to check with the CUK helpline, as @Michael_1910123 suggested