Parental home

A parental home in regards to Student Allowance entitlement, means the home of a parent where the student is living with a parent.

A parental home in regards to eligibility to an Accommodation Benefit, means the home of a parent where the student is living with a parent, or a home provided or maintained by the parent of the student. It doesn’t include a property (where the parent is not living) where the student is paying market rent for the property/their share of the property or, is responsible for the payment of the outgoings. Outgoings can include payments for the following: mortgage, rates, house insurance and essential repairs and maintenance. Expenses such as phone, power or internet payments are not considered to be outgoings.

Note: the parent must not be contributing to these payments.

A parental home does not include a property where the student and parent are sharing accommodation and that property is not considered to be the home of a parent (where a parent ordinarily lives and considers their home).