How do you work out
what size property I can apply for?
We look at the number of people
there are in your household and how old they are.
In exceptional circumstances, it may be agreed that
you can apply for a property with an additional bedroom, for
example on medical grounds. You may also be allowed to apply for a
property with fewer bedrooms but only if this does not result in
you being legally overcrowded. The table below shows the size of
home that you can normally apply for:
Bedsit
- Single applicant (including pregnant woman)
1 Bedroom
- Single applicant/couple without children (including pregnant
woman)
2 Bedrooms
- Parent/s with one child
- Parent/s with two children of different sex where both are
under eight years of age
- Two adults (not co-habiting couple)
3 Bedrooms
- Parent/s with two children of different sex where one is over
eight years old
- Parent/s with three children
- Parent/s with four children (except those described below who
may apply for 4 bedroom properties)
4 Bedrooms
- Parent/s with four children where there are three children of
same sex and one of different sex, and child of different sex is
over eight years of age.
- Parent/s with five or more children
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