LHA rate

Hello,

I think I’m overthinking this, but grateful for a 2nd opinion. This is regarding UC.

Mum and adult daughter looking to take a private tenancy that is just in adult daughter’s name. Adult daughter is under 25 so normally shared accommodation rate would apply. However, she has a non-dependent so the 1 bedroom rate applies. Mum is part of her extended benefit unit, and also ‘due’ a bedroom.

Therefore UC calculation is based on two bed LHA yes?

Thanks in advance.

Yes, that’s correct. See Paragraph 28(4) of Schedule 4 to the UC Regs.

Following up on my own thread in the hope someone reads. UC have decided that essentially because Mum works, they are joint tenants. I know they have some discretion to allocate liability but can this be challenged? Tenancy agreement definitely just has client on it, with Mum as an occupier. I have stuck in an MR using the original legislation.

why, if they are moving in together and at the same time, is the tenancy only in the daughters name instead of the a joint tenancy with the working Mum?