Apologies for cross-posting.
This was forwarded to me by a colleague in our residences team. Thought it might be of interest to the list. The details are on page 4 of the PDF link:
You may or may not be aware that a decision has been made this month
which means lone parent students; student couples with children and
students with a disability are now eligible to claim housing benefit on
accommodation provided by their educational establishment.
This is in : Housing benefit and council tax benefit circular - HB/CTB
A26/2004 ( issued July 2004) section 11
link to the pdf below:
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/hbctb/circulars/2004/a26-2004.pdf
Thanks,
Bryan
Brunel
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