SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Housing costs element for renters
PART 3General provisions about calculation of amount of housing costs element for renters
Housing cost contributions
Exempt renters14
1
No deduction is to be made under paragraph 12 in the case of—
a
any renter who is a single person to whom sub-paragraph (2) applies; or
b
any joint renter where at least one joint renter is a person to whom sub-paragraph (2) applies.
2
This sub-paragraph applies to a person—
a
who is blind;
b
in receipt of the care component of disability living allowance at the middle or highest rate;
F1ba
in receipt of the care component of child disability payment at the middle or highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations;
c
in receipt of attendance allowance;
d
in receipt of the daily living component of a personal independence payment;
F2da
a person in receipt of the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate;
e
who is entitled to a payment within paragraph (b), (c) F3, (d) or (da) but is not receiving it under, as the case may be—
i
regulation 8 of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 M1,
ii
regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 M2,
iii
iv
regulations under Article 91 of the Order (hospital in-patients).
F5or
v
regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022