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

2026/27 deductions - Housing Benefit
Non-dependant's circumstances	Housing Benefit Reduction
Working 16+ hours per week (in remunerative work):
- Gross income £605.00 or more	£131.45
- Gross income between £485.00 & £604.99	£119.85
- Gross income between £365.00 & £484.99	£105.20
- Gross income between £279.00 & £364.99	£64.35
- Gross income between £192.00 & £278.99	£46.85
- Gross income less than £192.00	£20.40
In receipt of Pension Credit	£Nil
In receipt of Income Support or income-based Job Seeker's Allowance and aged 25 or over	£20.40
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)	£20.40
In receipt of contribution-based Employment & Support Allowance (assessment or main phase)	£20.40
Others not in remunerative work	£20.40

2026/27 deductions - Council Tax Support
Non-dependant's circumstances	Council Tax Support Amount
Working 16+ hours per week (in remunerative work):
- Gross income £605.00 or more	£15.95
- Gross income between £485.00 & £604.99	£13.30
- Gross income between £279.00 & £484.99	£10.60
- Gross income less than £279.00	£5.20
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)	£5.20
Others not in remunerative work	£5.20

A deduction will be taken for each non-dependant living with you. For example, based on 2026/27 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 £119.85 = £239.70
Council Tax Support: 2 x £13.30 = £26.60

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 2026/27 the deductions would therefore be £64.35 for Housing Benefit and £10.60 for Council Tax Support.

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