Qualifications

To be able to receive a Special Transfer Allowance (STA) a client must fall into at least one of the following 3 groups:

• the client was receiving a Special Transfer Allowance immediately prior to 17 November 2000 and continues to rent from a landlord other than Housing New Zealand
• the client was receiving Tenure Protection Allowance but had their house sold by Housing New Zealand and continues to live in the house
• the client has moved from premises in which they received Special Transfer Allowance immediately prior to moving and still meets all the other qualifying criteria for Special Transfer Allowance

A client's rent costs must also be higher than the average regional rent.

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• Special Transfer Allowance cannot be paid