Full time student lone parent, housing benefit advice needed

Liv1985

Hi, I'll be a full time university student in September as a lone parent, I can't seem to find any help and advice online about housing benefit, I will be receiving a full student loan of £6750 for the year, no bursary and the only other income I will be receiving is child tax credits/child benefit) I have found out I can apply for housing benefit for a private let but am needing to find out if they count the student loan in the calculation for housing benefit? And if so how much of the student loan will I need to use to pay towards rent- ie - how much /what percentage of the loan do they take into consideration, Im sure that years ago they never counted the student loan towards a housing benefit calculation as it was a loan which had to be paid back but have been told it might have changed now? Does anyone have any experience or advice about this? Thanks in advance ��

xylophone

http://www.cpag.org.uk/scotland/factsheets

http://www.cpag.org.uk/content/benefits-and-tax-credits-lone-parent-students

mcjordi

They 100% counted the loan i had when i was at uni towards calculations as its an "income" granted it has to be paid back, im not sure on the ins and outs of it.
You are best off talking to the local benefits team at the local authority