Eligible housing costs
11.—[F1(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, housing benefit shall be payable in respect of the payments specified in regulation 12(1) (rent) and a claimant’s maximum housing benefit shall be calculated under Part 7 (amount of benefit) by reference to the amount of his eligible rent determined in accordance with—
(a)regulation 12B (eligible rent);
(b)regulations 12C (eligible rent and maximum rent), 13 (maximum rent), 13ZA (protection on death and 13 week protection) and 13ZB (change in reckonable rent);
(c) regulations 12D (eligible rent and maximum rent ( LHA )), 13C (when a maximum rent ( LHA ) is to be determined) and 13D (determination of a maximum rent ( LHA )); or
(d) regulations 12 (rent) and 13 (restrictions on unreasonable payments) as set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Consequential Provisions Regulations ,
whichever is applicable in his case.]
(2) Where any payment for which a person is liable in respect of a dwelling and which is specified in regulation 12(1) (payments of rent for which housing benefit is payable), is increased on account of—
(a)outstanding arrears of any payment or charge; or
(b)any other unpaid payment or charge,
to which [F2paragraphs (1) or (2) of that regulation or paragraph (2) of regulation 12B] or Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges) refer and which is or was formerly owed by him in respect of that or another dwelling, a rent rebate or, as the case may be, a rent allowance shall not be payable in respect of that increase.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 11(1) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(5)(6)(7) of the amending S.I.) by Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Local Housing Allowance and Information Sharing) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2869), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(a)
F2Words in reg. 11(2) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(5)(6)(7) of the amending S.I.) by Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Local Housing Allowance and Information Sharing) Amendment Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2869), regs. 1(3), 4(3)(b)