To: Caroline Dinenage

STOP Council Housing Benefit taking student loans into account as an income!

Change local housing benefit evaluating student loans as an income.

Why is this important?

Currently if you are a university student and living in rented accommodation you can receive a maintenance loan. The councils in UK include this as an income when evaluating a housing benefit claim!

I have also found out the even if you do not take out a maintenance loan the council includes it, so a student would have to take one out anyway.

This is a loan to be paid back after graduation, not an income.