The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that from June 2021 care leavers under the age of 25 and 16- to 24-year-olds who have spent at least three months in a homeless hostel will be eligible to receive the one bedroom benefit rate instead of the Shared Accommodation Rate (SAR).
The Local Housing Allowance SAR is used to calculate the Universal Credit housing element, or housing benefit, available for most single private renters under the age of 35.
The higher one bedroom rate is currently available for single people over the age of 35 and care leavers under the age of 22.
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