Housing information that can be used for benefit or student purposes

The following information is collected for social housing purposes and may be used for benefit or student assistance purposes without any further agreement from the client:

• change in household composition
  such as children joining or leaving the household, change in relationship status, other additional occupants, death of a joint tenant or other household member
• income for initial assessment of eligibility and Income Related Rent
• client allocated social housing eg change of address, reassessing entitlement to other types of financial assistance, checking Accommodation Supplement being paid for board

Note this list is not exhaustive. There may be other information collected for social housing purposes that may be used for benefit or student assistance purposes without any further agreement from the client. If you are unsure whether the information can be used without any further agreement from the client, please contact Helpline.

For more information see:

• Benefits included for benefit purposes
• Benefit or student information that can be used for housing purposes
• Examples of how information can be collected and used
• Dealing with conflicting information