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Income from a lodger

elaineforrest
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Benefits specialist - Dumfries & Galloway Citizens Advice

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Does income received from a lodger by renting out a room count as income in calculating UC?

Jon Blackwell
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Programmer - Lisson Grove Benefits Program, Brighton

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The income is disregarded but they aren’t included when counting rooms for LHA/bedroom tax.