The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

20.  So much of any amounts paid to the claimant or deposited in the claimant's name for the sole purpose of—

(a) purchasing premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his home; or

(b) effecting essential repairs or alterations to the premises occupied or intended to be occupied by the claimant as his home.