If you are 25 or over, single and do not live with any dependants (children), your benefit will be based on the one bedroom Local Housing Allowance rate if you live in:

• a self-contained property
• shared accommodation but have two or more rooms (bedrooms or living rooms) that no-one else can use

If you are 25 or over, single and do not live with any dependants, your benefit will be based on the Local Housing Allowance shared room rate if you live in shared accommodation unless you have two or more rooms (bedrooms or living rooms) that no-one else can use.

By a self-contained property we mean one where you have your own room plus your own:

• bathroom
• toilet, and
• kitchen (or facilities to cook with)

For example, this could be a one-bedroom flat.

Under 25

If you are aged under 25, are single and do not live with any dependants (children), you can only get the Local Housing Allowance shared room rate. Local Housing Allowance room rates will be available on this website, or from the council offices. when they become available.

There are extra rules if you are:

• a care leaver aged under 22.  If you or your partner living with you are a care leaver aged under 22, and you have no dependant children who live with you, then your benefit will be based on the Local Housing Allowance one bedroom rate. 

• severely disabled.  If you or your partner living with you are severely disabled, and you have no dependant children who live with you, then your benefit will be based on  the Local Housing Allowance one bedroom rate. 

See our Rates webpage or use the Rate Calculator to work out your Local Housing Allowance rates.