Housing benefit

If you live in council or social housing and have a spare bedroom, we may reduce your Housing Benefit by:

• 14 per cent for one spare bedroom
• 25 per cent for two or more spare bedrooms

What counts as a spare bedroom

The following must share:

• an adult couple
• two children under 16 (both boys / girls)
• two children under 10 (boy and girl)

The following can have their own bedroom:

• a single adult (16 or over)
• a child who’d normally share, but the shared bedroom is taken
• a couple, or children, who can't share due to disability/health
• a carer for a household member who stays overnight