Students Benefits
Most full time students are excluded from claiming Housing
Benefit. If you are a full time student, you can only claim if you
are:
- Looking after a child or young person
- Aged 60 or over
- Disabled
- Receiving Income Support or Jobseeker's Allowance (Income
based)
- Aged under 19 in further education(i.e. A-Levels/ NVQ's) (but
not higher education i.e. Degree's)
- Waiting to return to your course after illness or after having
had to care for someone.
All part time students can claim Housing Benefit. Details and
proof of your grant, parent's contributions and other income are
needed to work out what benefit to which you may be entitled.
Students are normally exempt from the payment of Council Tax and
therefore will not be entitled to Council Tax Support.
