*Tenants in certain supported accommodation—Tenants who are
in accommodation where the landlord is a county council, voluntary organisation
or charity and provides care, support or supervision. These cases are assessed
under pre 1996 rules which recognise that their housing costs may be more
expensive.
*Claimants entitled to the severe disability
premium—customers in receipt of middle or higher rate care component of
disability living allowance provided no one gets a carer's allowance for them.
*Claimants under the age of 22 who were formerly in social
services care—Allows care leavers some leeway to become settled and establish
links whereby they could share accommodation with others.
The Government has added two further exemptions for those
aged over 25:
*A small group of ex-offenders subject to active multi-agency
management under the Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).
Offenders subject to MAPPA are in the main 25 years or over. This is considered
appropriate in order to safeguard the public rather than relying on
discretionary housing payments.
*People who have spent three months or more in a homeless
hostel specialising in rehabilitating and resettling this group within the
community. The three month qualifying condition is designed to target people
receiving sustained rehabilitation rather than those who have sporadic, short
term stays. Targeted at people aged 25 years and over as there is increasing
prevalence among this age group of rough sleeping.
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