Housing and Council Tax Benefits

Students

Student who can get housing benefit and main council tax benefit

The main rule is that the claimant (the person putting in the claim) must be in 1 of the groups shown below in order to get housing benefit and main council tax benefit. For a couple, the partner who is the claimant must be in 1 of the eligible groups (or not be a student).

List of students who can claim

Students on Income Support or Income-based Job Seekers Allowance
Students who count as part-time rather than full-time
Students under 19 not in higher education
Students aged 60+, or partners of students aged 60+
Students who are responsible for a child or young person (aged 16-19)
Students who are responsible for a foster child
Students unable to get a grant or loan following a break in their studies
Students who receive Disability Living Allowance (at any rate, either component)
Student who receive the disability element or severe disability element in their working tax credit
Students who for any other reason qualify for a disability premium in the assessment of their applicable amount (this is the amount government states you need to live on, used when working out Housing and council tax benefit)
Students who receive Incapacity Benefit at the at the short-term higher rate or the long-term rate
Students who are incapable of work and have been for a 'waiting period' of 28 weeks
Student who are registered blind by Adult and Community Services, or were within the past 28 weeks
Students who have a UK grant assessment which included an allowance for deafness (even if they are not awarded a grant)
Students who are on the same course as they were on, on 31 August 1990 and satisfy further conditions