When a young person is eligible for Housing Benefit (HB) to pay their rent or for the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) under Universal Credit (UC) the total amount payable can include ‘eligible charges’ in addition to the actual rent.
Natasha Corcoran (United Response) delivered an excellent workshop about supported living and housing benefit / local housing allowance. These are notes I took from that workshop. They have checked by Natasha for accuracy and she has added some comments to clarify.