SCHEDULE 4Housing costs element for renters

PART 3General provisions about calculation of amount of housing costs element for renters

Room allocation

Extended benefit unit of a renter for purposes of this Schedule9

1

For the purposes of this Schedule, the members of a renter's extended benefit unit are—

a

the renter (or joint renters);

b

any child or qualifying young person for whom the renter or either joint renter is responsible; and

c

any person who is a non-dependant.

2

A person is a non-dependant if the person F1normally lives in the accommodation with the renter (or joint renters) and is none of the following—

a

a person within sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b);

b

where the renter is a member of a couple claiming as a single person, the other member of the couple;

c

a foster child;

d

a person who is liable to make payments on a commercial basis in respect of the person's occupation of the accommodation (whether to the renter, joint renters or another person);

e

a person to whom the liability to make relevant payments is owed or a member of their household;

f

a person who has already been treated as a non-dependant in relation to a claim for universal credit by another person liable to make relevant payments in respect of the accommodation occupied by the renter.

F2g

a child or qualifying young person for whom no-one in the renter’s extended benefit unit is responsible.

3

“Foster child” means a child in relation to whom the renter (or either joint renter) is a foster parent.