Calculating the emergency housing contribution using net weekly income

When a client has to pay an emergency housing contribution, MSD needs to work out how much this is. To work it out, MSD needs to calculate the client's net weekly income.

The emergency housing contribution is worked out using the higher of the:

• net weekly income calculation or
• the appropriate net rate of Jobseeker Support calculation

The contribution must be worked out using both methods and the higher amount is selected.

To work out the client's emergency housing contribution using the net weekly income calculation MSD needs to determine:

• 25% of the net weekly 'emergency housing income' of the client and their partner and
• 25% of the client's and their partner's family tax credit entitlement (if they have children)

These 2 amounts added together are referred to as the client's combined weekly income.

The net weekly income calculation is the amount estimated by MSD for:

• a 7-night period, starting on the first night of the Emergency Housing Grant and
• divided by 7 and rounded to the nearest cent and
• multiplied by the number of nights of accommodation to which the contribution applies