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Social Security Act 2018

Assistance - Accommodation supplement

66: Social housing exclusion

You could also call this:

“You can't get extra money for housing if you live in certain government or community homes”

You cannot get an accommodation supplement if you live in certain types of housing. This is called the social housing exclusion. You are not eligible if your housing costs include:

Rent for a home provided by Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities, which is a government agency that provides housing.

Rent for a home provided by a registered community housing provider, but only if you were given that home as social housing.

Payments on a mortgage to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities or Te Puni Kōkiri (another government agency) that are at a special, lower rate.

Your home can be any place you live, including a room if you are a boarder. If you pay rent, you are considered a tenant, even if you didn’t sign the lease.

These rules apply whether you rent the whole place or just a room. They also apply if you have a mortgage with certain government agencies at a special rate.

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Part 2 Assistance
Accommodation supplement

66Social housing exclusion

  1. A person is ineligible for an accommodation supplement (on the ground of the social housing exclusion) if the person’s accommodation costs (as defined in section 65) include—

  2. rent paid in respect of premises let by or on behalf of Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities; or
    1. rent paid in respect of premises let by or on behalf of a registered community housing provider (but only if that person has been allocated those premises as social housing); or
      1. payments, required to be made under a mortgage security to Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities or the Crown in right of Te Puni Kōkiri, that MSD believes are required to be made at a concessionary rate.

        1. In this section,—

          Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities means Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities established by the Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019

            registered community housing provider has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Public and Community Housing Management Act 1992

              social housing has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Public and Community Housing Management Act 1992.

              1. In this section and section 68,—

                premises, in relation to a person,—

                1. means the place that the person occupies as a home; and
                  1. if the person is a boarder or lodger, includes a room, or other accommodation, that the person occupies as a home

                    tenant, in relation to rented premises, includes a person who pays rent, whether or not the person is a party to the tenancy agreement or lease of the premises.

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                    Notes
                    • Section 66(1)(a): amended, on , by section 33 of the Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019 (2019 No 50).
                    • Section 66(1)(c): amended, on , by section 33 of the Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019 (2019 No 50).
                    • Section 66(2) Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities: inserted, on , by section 33 of the Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019 (2019 No 50).
                    • Section 66(2) registered community housing provider: amended, on , by section 33 of the Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019 (2019 No 50).
                    • Section 66(2) social housing: amended, on , by section 33 of the Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities Act 2019 (2019 No 50).