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How do landlords verify how much student finance you receive?

I'm filling out my tenancy agreement for accommodation next year and it asks me to give details of how much student loan I am receiving.

My parents are paying for half of my tuition fees while I'm working and using my maintenance loan to pay for accommodation + groceries/transport + other half of tuition fees (I chose not to take out a tuition loan since I don't want to be in too much debt)

I'm worried that my landlord is going to call my parents (I've provided their number as my next of kin) to verify the exact amount of student maintenance loan I am getting which I don't want since my parents don't know that I'm taking out a maintenance loan and they're against it (religious reasons) and think that I'm funding uni through just working and my savings.

Should I be worried?

Reply 1

StriderHort

Landlords do not contact your parents to ask random questions. Most tenants would go utterly mental if they did.

(Your parents wouldn't even have this information, since it's information addressed to you. Student loans should/will give you a schedule of payments at some point detailing what you get paid and when, that should be enough for any landlord)

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Reply 2

Serindepity

Original post by StriderHort

Landlords do not contact your parents to ask random questions. Most tenants would go utterly mental if they did.
(Your parents wouldn't even have this information, since it's information addressed to you. Student loans should/will give you a schedule of payments at some point detailing what you get paid and when, that should be enough for any landlord)