housing benefit

midnight_express

bright_side wrote: »

Unfortunately this absolutely correct. From April next year everything is changing and your housing benefit will be reduced because the council will consider your daughters room as 'spare', therefore you will be under occupying your property. There is lots of info online about it, will have a look and post back.

This is the new rules re people in social housing. The OP is a private tenant. She is only entitled to the 2 bedroon rate of Local Housing Allowance.

Dunroamin

PhGage wrote: »

National Housing Federation: FAQs Welfare Reform



The table in that FAQ may also be helpful.

Again, this relates to social housing, not to the private sector.

Morlock

Muscle750 wrote: »

And as your renting privately the landlord isnt going to take a reduced rent because the rooms not used

I don't know of any landlords who would reduce rent because one room is unoccupied in a property, private or otherwise.

giraffejoe

Forget what was said about the new under occupancy rules coming in April as it won't affect you as you are renting from a private landlord and your not a social tenant.

Under Local Housing Allowance you will get the 2 bedroom rate. One room for you and one room for your son. If your daughter is living at Uni then she won't be included as part of your household. If you disagree with this you should write in to appeal. If they stick to their original decision of only giving you the 2 bedroom rate then you will have to let them know every time your daughter returns to live with you as they should bump you up to the 3 bedroom rate.