SDP and daughter going to Uni

calcotti

If your daughter is treated as no longer normally living with you then you are not allowed a bedroom for her. You need to inform your local authority and these will will mean one of two things:
i) if you are in social housing and now have a spare bedroom you will be hit by the bedroom tax, or
ii) if you rent privately your applicable Local Housing Allowance rate will reduce thereby reducing the cap on the amount of HB you can receive.

willowtreemum

calcotti said:

If your daughter is treated as no longer normally living with you then you are not allowed a bedroom for her. You need to inform your local authority and these will will mean one of two things:
i) if you are in social housing and now have a spare bedroom you will be hit by the bedroom tax, or
ii) if you rent privately your applicable Local Housing Allowance rate will reduce thereby reducing the cap on the amount of HB you can receive.

My daughter has now booked her place in Halls for September 2021. 

If she returns occasionally to visit , baring in mind half her holidays/weekends will be split between her Father and her Grandparents, will visits affect my SDP or Housing Benefit payments in any way ? 

What happens to my SDP for the months of July-Sept 2021 where she turns 21 and has left college to start Uni ? Will I lose my SDP then and have to reclaim it as that seems a mess about , or do I have to ask her to stay with her Father for the summer period ?

poppy12345

Can't answer your question about July-Sept but occassional visits home won't affect your SDP because you're allowed to have visitors to stay. The bedroom tax will still apply to you when she visits because you can't have it both ways and expect to be eligible for the SDP and not have the bedroom tax applying.

Sncjw

Be mindful of your daughter that she may not get to stay in halls for the duration of the course unless she has disability and need an adapted place well that is what happend at the uni I went to. 

She may need to find a house share with students for her 2nf and 3rd year. 

willowtreemum

Sncjw said:

Be mindful of your daughter that she may not get to stay in halls for the duration of the course unless she has disability and need an adapted place well that is what happend at the uni I went to. 

She may need to find a house share with students for her 2nf and 3rd year. 

Yes I will pass info on to her so she can look into it. I think she was hoping to stay for the duration. 

willowtreemum

poppy12345 said:

Can't answer your question about July-Sept but occassional visits home won't affect your SDP because you're allowed to have visitors to stay. The bedroom tax will still apply to you when she visits because you can't have it both ways and expect to be eligible for the SDP and not have the bedroom tax applying.

Yes I understand I’ll need to pay bedroom tax but who could I speak to regarding the July-September period ?