accommodation costs

Regular and repeated costs that the client must pay for their accommodation. This can include any costs paid as a lump sum that are intended to act as regular and repeated costs for accommodation.

For clients in accommodation that the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 does not apply to, service costs can be included when they cannot be separated from the rest of the payment.

For clients in accommodation that the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 applies to, accommodation costs means rent.