Single Room Rent for under 25's
If you are single and under 25 years old different rules apply.
The maximum rent used to work out your Housing Benefit will be based on the average rent in the area for single roomed accommodation. This is defined as a property where the tenant:
- has exclusive use of one bedroom
- does not have the use of any other bedroom
- has shared use of a room suitable for living in
- has shared use of a bathroom and toilet
- has shared use of a kitchen (without the exclusive use of facilities for cooking food)
These rules do not apply if you:
- are one of a couple or have dependent children living with you
- have one or more non-dependants living with you
- rent your home from a Registered Social Landlord
- are under 22 and have been the subject of a care order, or were provided with Council accommodation under section 20 of the Children Act 1989
- are severely disabled, that is:
- you receive Attendance Allowance or higher or middle rate Care component of Disability Living Allowance; and- you have no non-dependants living with you (unless they are also in receipt of one of those benefits or are blind); and
- nobody must receive Invalid Care Allowance for looking after you.
How Does It Work?
We will refer your claim to the Rent Officer in a similar way to other privately rented properties (for more information see our How is Housing Benefit worked out? page).
The Rent Officer will make an additional decision based on the average cost of renting single roomed accommodation. This is called the Single Room Rent.
The Council will use the usual Rent Officer Decision and the 'Single Room Rent' to work out the Maximum Rent we can use to calculate your Housing Benefit.
The Council may pay more if we think that you will suffer exceptional hardship (for more information see our Discretionary Housing Payments page).
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