Information for landlords
Introduction
Housing benefit is awarded to help tenants pay their rent.
Anyone who pays rent to a landlord can claim, although a person who pays rent and lives in the same household as a 'close relative' may not get benefit. In housing benefit terms, close relatives are a:
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parent
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son or daughter
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step parent
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step-son or stepdaughter
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parent-in-law
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son-in-law or daughter-in-law
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brother or sister or partner of any of these people
We cannot consider your tenant for housing benefit if the tenant or their partner:
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were previously living with you as your partner in this property
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are responsible for a child and you are the parent of that child
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are director or employee of the company from whom they are renting
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are renting from a trust of which their child is the beneficiary
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occupy the property as a condition of their employment
We may not be able to pay housing benefit where either the tenant or their partner have previously owned the property they are now renting.