Clause 23. Emergency housing contribution: payment and recovery

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Emergency housing contribution: payment and recovery

(1)

An applicant who receives an emergency housing grant or grants under this programme must make an emergency housing contribution towards the cost of that grant or grants.

(2)

No emergency housing contribution is payable for the first 7 nights of an applicant receiving an emergency housing grant or grants for an emergency housing event.

(3)

When making an emergency housing grant, MSD must determine the amount of emergency housing contribution payable by the applicant, for the number of nights the applicant is staying in emergency housing, from the 8th night of receiving a grant or grants for that emergency housing event.

(4)

An emergency housing contribution is recoverable from the applicant and must be paid by the applicant by the date, or dates, determined by MSD taking into consideration-

(a)

the day or days an applicant and their spouse or partner is expected to receive emergency housing income; and

(b)

any other factors MSD considers relevant.

(5)

MSD must recover any amount of an emergency housing contribution, which is not received by the date determined by MSD (see subclause (4)) in accordance with the Ministerial Direction on Debt Recovery.