What if I want someone to join my application?

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• What if I want someone to join my application?

Only someone who is living with you as part of your household on a permanent basis can be included on your application. We make allowances for families who are genuinely forced to live separately due to a lack of housing.

Please note that anyone joining your household (other than a partner or a new baby) will not normally be taken into account for housing purposes until they have lived with you for a year. If you have children who visit you on a regular basis but live elsewhere for most of the week, they will not be included as part of your household. You may be required to produce evidence about where your children live and parenting arrangements if you have joint parental responsibility for them.