If the relative from whom you rent the property from does not live there, you can claim Housing Benefit provided the tenancy is let on a commercial basis.

Who is classed as a close relative?

A close relative is either of the following:

• a parent, step-parent or parent-in-law; or
  
• a brother or sister; or
  
• a son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, step-son, step-daughter; or
  
• the partner of any of the above

*This also includes half-brothers and sisters, but not step brothers and sisters.

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