Social housing bedroom calculation

Bmwm3gt2

Hi, I hope this is the correct place to post but I'm after advice. If you are not a primary carer (parent) for your child but they do regularly stay overnight with you, would they be counted as another child in the household or do they need to stay a minimum number of nights to be in the calculation for bedroom requirements? Thanks

HampshireH

You would need to speak to the specific local authority. Your suitability for a property will already been on your application (depends how many are on it) and you should know how many bedrooms you are eligible for.

It will depend on how often often and age.

Often an extra bedroom eligibility would be if they spend more than 50 percent of the week or more. 

But it will depend on your local authority

Many policies allow for allocation of an extra bedroom, but housing need takes priority on allocation and many housing providers do not have enough stock to grant people bigger houses than they need (& claiments can only receive benefits for the rooms they need) so it doesn't happen as often as it used to.


2 nights a week every week and I would expect they would suggest a decent sofa bed and use the living space as an additional sleeping space.