Chapter 6: Housing benefit
This chapter covers:
1. What is housing benefit (here) 2. Who is eligible (here) 4. Amount of benefit (here) 5. Claiming housing benefit (here) 6. Challenging a decision (here) 7. Other benefits and tax credits (here) Basic facts
•Housing benefit (HB) helps with your rent.
•It is administered by local authorities.
•Full-time students are eligible if they are on a non-advanced course and are under 21 (or are 21 and turned 21 on their course).
•Other full-time students are eligible if they get income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance, or if they are a lone parent, disabled or over pension age.
•Couples with a child are eligible throughout the year, whether one or both are students.
•There are limits to the rent covered by HB.
•HB is means tested and the amount you get depends on your grant, loan and other income.