The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

Movers and extended payments

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7.  In a case to which paragraph 5(2) or 6 applies and a mover’s liability referred to in that paragraph is—

(a)other than to a housing authority, the extended payment shall be a payment by way of rent allowance calculated in accordance with paragraph 3;

(b)to a housing authority, the extended payment shall be by way of a rent rebate to the value of such part of the rent in respect of the period specified in regulation 72(6) as is eligible for housing benefit, calculated in accordance with regulations 11 to 13, less, in a case where the rebate to which paragraph 6 refers, or the rent allowance to which paragraph 5 refers, as the case may be, was subject to any deductions in respect of non-dependants pursuant to regulations 70 (maximum housing benefit) and 74 (non-dependant deductions), the amount of those deductions.