Examples of determining accessible bedrooms

An existing household consists of Paul and Sonya and their 2 daughters living in a 3 bedroom house. Sonya's sister Mary and her 2 children move in with them temporarily (the client household).

If you apply the overcrowding guidelines, the existing household only need 2 bedrooms - Paul and Sonya get their own room and their 2 daughters could reasonably be expected to share, as they are under 18 years and the same sex. In this situation, the client household has 1 accessible bedroom but they require 3 bedrooms (1 bedroom for Mary, 1 bedroom each for the children as one is over 10 years and they are of the opposite sex).

An existing household consists of Bryan and Mandy, their 2 daughters and their 18 year old son and his girlfriend. Mandy's sister Justine and her 2 children move in with them temporarily (the client household). The 18 year old son and his girlfriend move into the living room to give their bedroom to Justine and her children.

In this situation, Bryan and Mandy get their own room, the 2 daughters share a room, and the 18 year old son and his girlfriend do not have a bedroom. The existing household requires all 3 bedrooms. Justine and her 2 children have no accessible bedrooms and require 3 bedrooms.

An existing household consists of Kelly and her son living in a 2 bedroom property. The client household of Bob, Sandra and their 2 year old son move in.

In this situation Kelly has her own room. Her 7 year old son could reasonably be expected to share a room with Bob and Sandra's 2 year old son. The remaining client household members (Bob and Sandra) have no accessible bedroom. The client household has 1 accessible bedroom and requires 2 bedrooms.

Note any issues arising from the children sharing a room must be considered under medical, disability and personal needs and supporting verification provided.

An existing household consists of Christina and her son living in a 2 bedroom house. The client household consisting of Anna, Doug and 2 children move in.

In this situation, Christina gets her own room, and her 7-year-old son could share a room with one of the client's children.

The client household's remaining members consisting of Anna, Doug and one of their sons, has no accessible bedrooms.

Usually this would be recorded as having 1 accessible bedroom and requiring 2 bedrooms. However, when looking at their actual situation, the client household is still 2 bedrooms short as Anna and Doug and their other son still do not have access to a bedroom.

The client household has no accessible bedrooms.