My Eastleigh will be unavailable on 13 - 14 May 2024
During this period, most online forms, including payments, will be unavailable.
For urgent help during this time, contact our Customer Services team.
During this period, most online forms, including payments, will be unavailable.
For urgent help during this time, contact our Customer Services team.
If you live in a Housing Association property and you have 1 or more spare bedrooms, your Housing Benefit may be reduced.
This will affect you if:
You will not be affected if:
You may also be entitled to an extra bedroom if you have a severely disabled child in your household who cannot share with another child due to medical reasons. For your claim to be reconsidered, you should write to us to describe your situation and provide supporting medical evidence.
The method for calculating your bedroom requirement can be found at Directgov
If you have 1 or more extra bedrooms the rent and eligible service charges used in the calculation of your rent will be reduced by:
14% if you have 1 extra bedroom, or
25% if you have 2 or more extra bedrooms.
If your benefit is reduced you will have to pay to your landlord the difference between your Housing Benefit entitlement and your rent - if you don't, your tenancy will be at risk.