Other adults who live with you

If you have other adults living with you, known as non-dependants, they may be expected to make a contribution towards your rent.

This means your support may be reduced, based on their gross income and circumstances.

Non-dependants are adults over the age of 18 years who normally live with you and are not:

your partner
a joint tenant or owner
someone who pays you rent

We will not reduce your support if you are:

registered blind
receiving Attendance Allowance
receiving Disability Living Allowance with the care component
receiving the daily living part of Personal Independence Payment

2023/24 deductions - Housing Benefit
Non-dependant's circumstances	Housing Benefit Reduction
Working 16+ hours per week (in remunerative work):
- Gross income £511.00 or more	£116.75
- Gross income between £410.00 & £510.99	£106.35
- Gross income between £308.00 & £409.99	£93.40
- Gross income between £236.00 & £307.99	£57.10
- Gross income between £162.00 & £235.99	£41.60
- Gross income less than £162.00	£18.10
In receipt of Pension Credit	£Nil
In receipt of Income Support or income-based Job Seeker's Allowance and aged 25 or over	£18.10
In receipt of Income Support or income-based Job Seeker's Allowance and aged under 25	£Nil
In receipt of income-related Employment & Support Allowance (assessment phase)	£Nil
In receipt of income-related Employment & Support Allowance (main phase)	£18.10
In receipt of contribution-based Employment & Support Allowance (assessment or main phase)	£18.10
Others not in remunerative work	£18.10

2022/23 deductions - Housing Benefit
Non-dependant's circumstances	Housing Benefit Reduction
Working 16+ hours per week (in remunerative work):
- Gross income £484.00 or more	£106.05
- Gross income between £389.00 & £483.99	£96.60
- Gross income between £292.00 & £388.99	£84.85
- Gross income between £224.00 & £291.99	£51.85
- Gross income between £154.00 & £223.99	£37.80
- Gross income less than £154.00	£16.45
In receipt of Pension Credit	£Nil
In receipt of Income Support or income-based Job Seeker's Allowance and aged 25 or over	£16.45
In receipt of Income Support or income-based Job Seeker's Allowance and aged under 25	£Nil
In receipt of income-related Employment & Support Allowance (assessment phase)	£Nil
In receipt of income-related Employment & Support Allowance (main phase)	£16.45
In receipt of contribution-based Employment & Support Allowance (assessment or main phase)	£16.45
Others not in remunerative work	£16.45

2023/24 deductions - Council Tax Support
Non-dependant's circumstances	Council Tax Support Amount
Working 16+ hours per week (in remunerative work):
- Gross income £511.00 or more	£14.15
- Gross income between £410.00 & £510.99	£11.80
- Gross income between £236.00 & £409.99	£9.40
- Gross income less than £236.00	£4.60
In receipt of Pension Credit	£Nil
In receipt of Income Support or income-based Job Seeker's Allowance	£Nil
In receipt of income-related Employment & Support Allowance (assessment or main phase)	£Nil
In receipt of contribution-based Employment & Support Allowance (assessment or main phase)	£4.60
Others not in remunerative work	£4.60

2022/23 deductions - Council Tax Support
Non-dependant's circumstances	Council Tax Support Amount
Working 16+ hours per week (in remunerative work):
- Gross income £484.00 or more	£12.85
- Gross income between £389.00 & £483.99	£10.70
- Gross income between £224.00 & £388.99	£8.55
- Gross income less than £223.99	£4.20
In receipt of Pension Credit	£Nil
In receipt of Income Support or income-based Job Seeker's Allowance	£Nil
In receipt of income-related Employment & Support Allowance (assessment or main phase)	£Nil
In receipt of contribution-based Employment & Support Allowance (assessment or main phase)	£4.20
Others not in remunerative work	£4.20

A deduction will be taken for each non-dependant living with you. For example, based on 2023/24 figures, if you have two adult children living with you and each child earns more than £511.00 gross per week, the deductions used to work out your benefit calculations are:

Housing Benefit: 2 x £116.75 = £233.50
Council Tax Support: 2 x £14.15 = £28.30

However, if there is a non-dependant couple living with you, then their joint weekly income is used to calculate the deduction. For example, if your son and his partner live with you and respectively earn £150.00 and £175.00 gross per week their joint gross earnings are £325.00. Based on the figures for 2023/24 the deductions would therefore be £93.40 for Housing Benefit and £9.40 for Council Tax Support.

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