To ask if someone is still entitled to live in their property

[User1010]

My friends ds is going to uni in September. He will have accommodation at uni but obviously will be home in the holidays. Will she still be allowed to keep her house as he still technically needs his home or will the housing trust move her to a smaller property?

Why will he be home in the holidays?

She won't be asked to leave. She may be subject to bedroom tax though.

lazypuppy why would he not be home in the holidays? 99% of the people from my halls of residence went home every holiday

From the Gingerbread website

"If you have a child who is studying away from home, you will not have a deduction made for their bedroom, as long as they are coming back, and it is still their usual home"

You are likely to be unaffected until the September following their graduation

Why will he be home in the holidays?

To spend time with his family? To save money on rent during the long summer break?

@Glitterblue

Really? What about everyones jobs? I had a part time job at uni, i couldn't just disapear off for weeks at a time. I had rent to pay.

I also wouldn't have wanted to, my life was in my uni town with all my friends

Why will he be home in the holidays? Because that is what students do.

Uni halls of residence are usually used for conferences or summer schools in the summer.

@Munhu

Why will he be home in the holidays?

To spend time with his family? To save money on rent during the long summer break?

I had rent to pay all year. And i certainly couldn't have spent 8-10 weeks living back at hkme after i haf got used to living on my own/with friends.

Also see comment above about work. My employer would not have let me dissapear for the whole summer. In fact i used to work full time during the holifsy periods to bring in some money

@TheInvisibleMrsCrane

Because that is what students do.

Not all students by a long shot

Why will he be home in the holidays?

Perhaps because most young people at university still consider their parents house their home! Out of all my friends who have sons/daughters at uni, literally every single one has spent the holidays at home. Only on mumsnet...

We had nowhere to live over the summer (well all holidays) and no one stayed up so it's not like there would be anyone to see if we had paid extra rent. My holiday job was in my home town so no bother.

Gingerbread pink sounds helpful.

Link not pink!

A large amount of students do @Lazypuppy. I did and I also had work all the way through uni, many employers who take on students expect that. Maybe you didn't but OP is saying that's the plan here so maybe just stop derailing the thread??

😂

Be aware that for some housing associations it depends on the type of lease he takes on - I had a friend who was really disadvantaged when her 2nd year uni daughter took a private rental that covered holidays too. But term-time uni accommodation should be ok.

In any case, she would not be moved, but would be subject to 'bedroom tax'.

Am wondering if @Lazypuppy remembers being 18? I was hugely independent and still came 'home' for the first year summer holidays. Can you not think why, Lazypuppy? Really? Maybe time for some reprogramming?

It will depend on the local authority. But if he is in halls they'll be fine. If he isn't in halls and has a tenancy in his own name it gets tricky. They may need to appeal a decision if it goes against them.

Am wondering if@Lazypuppyremembers being 18?

Well as it was only 8 years ago yes i remember it well!

After i had moved out, i had moved out. I have never been back to my mums house. I was in halls then rented 2 houses for uni
I rented a flat after uni to live in, before moving back to my home town and purchasing my own property. I haven't lived 'at home' as everyone calls it since i was 18. I have my own home

Many students come home to their families in the holidays.

After i had moved out, i had moved out. I have never been back to my mums house. I was in halls then rented 2 houses for uni

This is by no means typical. Do you really think all students walk away from their parents at 18 and never look back?

Lazypuppy My ds came home very holiday from uni, as we are abroad. The contract for Halls in his first year meant he had to clear his room completely every holiday, as it was a termly let.

In his second and third year, his contract ran from August to July, so he had to be out.

This was from 2014-2018, so very recent.

After i had moved out, i had moved out.

Lots of people don't see going to uni as moving out. My DD1 certainly doesn't. She still calls our house home even though she no longer lives in student accommodation.

I had a part time job at uni, i couldn't just disapear off for weeks at a time

I got holidays as part of my part time job, so used them to travel home (1st year) 2nd and 3rd year I had a 0 hour casual contract which afford me to travel home, and I also had a 0 hour casual contract in my hometown so I could pick up work there.Everyone's circumstances are different.

I work in a university now and the VAST majority leave every holiday. International students and home students (who are from the city) make up the majority that don't leave, it's rare students don't leave.

There are many students who are in the position of being entirely self supporting. However they are by far the minority. (4% dept of education office for students 2017)
The other 96% have some form of parental or other 'carer' support.

It is more than the norm for students to return to their family home in university holidays. To assume otherwise is illogical.

My kids had jobs during the holiday. But in our home town, not their uni town.
None of their friends stayed in their uni locations over the holidays, even when they had rented accommodation rather than halls. most landlords of student rentals want the students out during the summer, for cleaning/renovations/ to get the flat ready for the next lot.