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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to review the policy that includes student loans as income when assessing housing benefit. More details
Submitted by Nevine El-Alfy – Deadline to sign up by: 28 March 2008 – Signatures: 192
Currently students eligible to apply for housing benefit (mainly those with children) have their student loan included as income when calculating their entitlement. I believe this is wrong as a student loan is, as said, a loan which must be repaid at a later date and not an income. If you were to take out a personal loan it would not be counted when assessing your claim.
Nevine El-Alfy, the Petition Creator, joined by: