SCHEDULE 4U.K.Housing costs element for renters

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

Room allocationU.K.

Extended benefit unit of a renter for purposes of this ScheduleU.K.

9.—(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.

[F2(g)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.

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