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honeyhoney
honeyhoney Community member Posts: 86 Courageous
in Universal Credit (UC)
Hi

My wife and I claim a housing element through UC.
Our lease agreement has 3 tenants: me, my wife and my son.

I understand that UC can only help pay 2/3 of the rent.

However, is it normal that 85.73 is deducted as
"1 adult living with you who is expected to pay towards the rent"
since the son already pays 1/3 of the rent?


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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,841 Disability Gamechanger
    edited October 2023
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    That's the non dependant deduction. How old is your son? If he's under 21 then there shouldn't be any deductions. Or if you or your partner are claiming either daily living PIP or DLA mid/high rate care there should also be no non dependant deductions regardless of your son's age. See link https://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/non-dependants

    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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  • honeyhoney
    honeyhoney Community member Posts: 86 Courageous
    edited October 2023
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    ... so 1 is 24 years old but he pays the rent in accordance with the lease agreement,

    that's why UC counts 2/3 of the actual amount as rent
    and the other one is 19 years old,

    so it's also strange to me why the additional fee is cut off

    We are not of any aboves benefits.

    ... we moved a month ago, anyway, I left a query in the universal c. journal.

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