Bedroom allocation

Bedrooms are allocated for eligible members of the household. This may include:

• the tenant and their partner (applicable person)
• any dependent children (for eligibility purposes)
• any other person assessed as being an additional occupant and
• any dependent children of an additional occupant

Note the household member must be a full-time member of the household.

The overcrowding guidelines for allocating bedrooms are as follows:

• there should be no more than 2 persons per bedroom
• children aged 10 years or over of the opposite sex should not share a room
• children aged under 18 years of the same sex may reasonably share a bedroom
• single adults and couples should have a separate bedroom
• children should not share a bedroom with their parent(s)

Note for the purposes of allocating bedrooms, an adult is someone aged 18 years or over, or, if aged 16 or 17 years, are (or have been) married or in a civil union.

Generally bedrooms will be allocated based on the overcrowding guidelines however there are some exceptions to this.

For more information see:

• Exceptions to bedroom allocation

Additional bedrooms can sometimes be approved for household members who are not part of the household at the time of application, but it is known that they will become part of the household soon. For more information see:

• Allocating bedrooms for known future household members