Surrey Welfare Rights Unit

Universal Credit and Housing Cost Contributions

If you are receiving Universal Credit yourself then there is no housing cost contribution for adults living in your home who are under 21 or those of any age who are in receipt of the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment.

No housing cost contribution is included in the calculation if either you or your partner are in receipt of the care component of Disability Living Allowance (DLA), the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Attendance Allowance or are certified as severely sight impaired or blind by a consultant ophthalmologist.