Rent paid to parent be included on Universal Credit claim?

itisgeorge

Should a monthly rent payment to a parent from a child (in 20s) be included on the Universal Credit claim as "Income other than earnings"?
The rent payment £400 and is for share of bills including food etc. I'm unsure if this falls into income as I wouldn't class it as such, and I cannot find any guidance regarding it.

Tia

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 Rent from who? A lodger? Partner? Child? 

itisgeorge

_shel said:

 Rent from who? A lodger? Partner? Child? 

Rent from child in early 20s. Thanks!

KatrinaWaves

itisgeorge said:

_shel said:

 Rent from who? A lodger? Partner? Child? 

Rent from child in early 20s. Thanks!

Lodge doesn’t count as income 

itisgeorge

KatrinaWaves said:

itisgeorge said:

_shel said:

 Rent from who? A lodger? Partner? Child? 

Rent from child in early 20s. Thanks!

Lodge doesn’t count as income 

Great, is there any documentation around that?

Appreciate it.

calcotti

NoKatrinaWaves said:

itisgeorge said:

_shel said:

 Rent from who? A lodger? Partner? Child? 

Rent from child in early 20s. Thanks!

Lodge doesn’t count as income 

They are not a lodger. They are a non dependant.
OP. Because you have a non dependant if you renting your home there will be a non dependant deduction of £75.15 from your housing element (unless they are under 21 or you or they get a disability benefit). This is a flat rate regardless of what they pay you. If you are not renting and do not have a housing element then their presence makes no difference to your UC claim.

itisgeorge

calcotti said:

NoKatrinaWaves said:

itisgeorge said:

_shel said:

 Rent from who? A lodger? Partner? Child? 

Rent from child in early 20s. Thanks!

Lodge doesn’t count as income 

They are not a lodger. They are a non dependant.
OP. Because you have a non dependant if you renting your home there will be a non dependant deduction of £75.15 from your housing element (unless they are under 21 or you or they get a disability benefit). This is a flat rate regardless of what they pay you. If you are not renting and do not have a housing element then their presence makes no difference to your UC claim.

Okay, that makes sense. I am renting so I'll have the £75.15 deduction. Are you also suggesting I do not count the amount they pay me in the UC claim as income?
Thanks a lot

calcotti

itisgeorge said:

calcotti said:

NoKatrinaWaves said:

itisgeorge said:

_shel said:

 Rent from who? A lodger? Partner? Child? 

Rent from child in early 20s. Thanks!

Lodge doesn’t count as income 

They are not a lodger. They are a non dependant.
OP. Because you have a non dependant if you renting your home there will be a non dependant deduction of £75.15 from your housing element (unless they are under 21 or you or they get a disability benefit). This is a flat rate regardless of what they pay you. If you are not renting and do not have a housing element then their presence makes no difference to your UC claim.

Okay, that makes sense. I am renting so I'll have the £75.15 deduction. Are you also suggesting I do not count the amount they pay me in the UC claim as income?
Thanks a lot

Absolutely. The deduction is a flat rate monthly deduction regardless of what they pay you, you do not need to declare that as income.

itisgeorge

calcotti said:

itisgeorge said:

calcotti said:

NoKatrinaWaves said:

itisgeorge said:

_shel said:

 Rent from who? A lodger? Partner? Child? 

Rent from child in early 20s. Thanks!

Lodge doesn’t count as income 

They are not a lodger. They are a non dependant.
OP. Because you have a non dependant if you renting your home there will be a non dependant deduction of £75.15 from your housing element (unless they are under 21 or you or they get a disability benefit). This is a flat rate regardless of what they pay you. If you are not renting and do not have a housing element then their presence makes no difference to your UC claim.

Okay, that makes sense. I am renting so I'll have the £75.15 deduction. Are you also suggesting I do not count the amount they pay me in the UC claim as income?
Thanks a lot

Absolutely. The deduction is a flat rate monthly deduction regardless of what they pay you, you do not need to declare that as income.

Thank you so much for your time.