The Universal Credit Regulations 2013

Rent payments U.K.

Rent payments U.K.

2.  “Rent payments” are such of the following as are not excluded by paragraph 3—

(a) payments of rent;

(b) payments for a licence or other permission to occupy accommodation;

(c) mooring charges payable for a houseboat;

(d) in relation to accommodation which is a caravan or mobile home, payments in respect of the site on which the accommodation stands;

(e) contributions by residents towards maintaining almshouses (and essential services in them) provided by a housing association which is—

(i) a registered charity, or

(ii) an exempt charity within Schedule 3 to the Charities Act 2011.

Payments excluded from being rent payments U.K.

3.  The following are excluded from being “rent payments”—

(a) payments of ground rent;

(b) payments in respect of a tent or the site on which a tent stands;

(c) payments in respect of approved premises;

(d) payments in respect of a care home;

F1 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) payments which are owner-occupier payments within the meaning of paragraph 4;

(g) payments which are service charge payments within the meaning of paragraph 7;

[F2 (h) payments in respect of accommodation specified in paragraph 3A.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 3(e) omitted (3.11.2014) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Supported Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/771), regs. 1(3), 2(2)(b)(i)

F2 Sch. 1 para. 3(h) added (3.11.2014) by The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Supported Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/771), regs. 1(3), 2(2)(b)(ii)

[F3 Specified accommodation U.K.

3A.— (1) The accommodation referred to in paragraph 3(h) is accommodation to which one or more of the following sub-paragraphs applies.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies to accommodation which is exempt accommodation.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies to accommodation—

(a) which is provided by a relevant body;

(b) into which the claimant has been admitted in order to meet a need for care, support or supervision; and

(c) where the claimant receives care, support or supervision.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies to accommodation which—

(a) is provided by a local authority or a relevant body to the claimant because the claimant has left the home as a result of domestic violence; and

(b) consists of a building, or part of a building, which is used wholly or mainly for the non-permanent accommodation of persons who have left their homes as a result of domestic violence.

(5) This sub-paragraph applies to accommodation—

(a) which would be a hostel within the meaning of paragraph 29(10) (renters excepted form shared accommodation) of Schedule 4 (housing costs element for renters) but for it being owned or managed by a local authority; and

(b) where the claimant receives care, support or supervision.

(6) In this paragraph—

“domestic violence” has the meaning given in regulation 98 (victims of domestic violence);

“relevant body” means a—

(a)

council for a county in England for each part of which there is a district council;

(b)

housing association;

(c)

registered charity; or

(d)

voluntary organisation.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 1 para. 3A inserted (3.11.2014) by The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Supported Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/771), regs. 1(3), 2(2)(c)