Accommodation Supplement: Contents
Principal place of residence
Accommodation Supplement is assessed on the costs of the place where the client is actually living at the time of application.
Married, civil union or de facto clients
If a client and partner decide to live apart in different accommodation, only the costs where the client and partner determine as their principal place of residence are used in the assessment of Accommodation Supplement.
Where both the client and partner are living in the same accommodation, but have separate accommodation costs, the total costs are used in the assessment of Accommodation Supplement.
Legislation
- accommodation costs (definition) section 65AAA Social Security Act 2018
- Accommodation supplement: other funding exclusion section 67 Social Security Act 2018
- Accommodation supplement: special rules for joint tenants who are in relationship section 68 Social Security Act 2018
