For Universal Credit purposes, a 'close relative' is defined as: 

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• Parent

• Parent-in-law

• Son

• Son-in-law

• Daughter

• Daughter-in-law

• Step-parent

• Step-son

• Step-daughter

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Private renting from a close relative

Housing costs are not payable where the landlord is:

• a member of the assessment unit

• a close relative of a member of the assessment unit and that relative lives in the same property

• part of a company or trust that a member of the assessment unit (or a close relative of a member of the assessment unit) who lives in the same property has an interest in (including owners, directors, trustees and beneficiaries)

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