Clause 24. Emergency housing contribution: calculation

24

Emergency housing contribution: calculation

(1)

The amount of an emergency housing contribution payable by the applicant is the lesser of-

(a)

the emergency housing contribution calculated by MSD under subclause (2); or

(b)

the actual cost of the emergency housing for the number of nights to which an emergency housing contribution applies.

(2)

The emergency housing contribution must be calculated by MSD by-

(a)

calculating the amount A (see subclause (3)) on the first night of the grant for emergency housing; and

(b)

dividing the amount A by 7, and rounding to the nearest cent; and

(c)

multiplying the resulting amount by the number of nights to which an emergency housing contribution applies.

(3)

MSD must calculate the amount A by adding the following amounts for 7 days starting on the first night of the grant for emergency housing:

(a)

the greater of-

(i)

25% of the applicant and their spouse or partners emergency housing income; or

(ii)

25% of the maximum rate of jobseeker support under Part 1 of Schedule 4 of the Act that would be appropriate if the applicant and their spouse or partner were eligible for jobseeker support; and

(b)

25% of the family tax credit of the applicant and their spouse or partner.

(4)

In this clause, family tax credit has the same meaning as under subparts MA to MF and MZ of the Income Tax Act 2007, and is calculated as the lesser of-

(a)

the total amount that the applicant and their spouse or partner are eligible to receive as family tax credit under those subparts; or

(b)

the maximum rate of family tax credit payable under those subparts in respect of an eldest dependent child.

(5)

MSD may only change the emergency housing contribution amount payable by the applicant for an emergency housing grant if MSD considers that the applicant or their spouse or partner have had a change in circumstances that will result in a material difference to the amount payable by the applicant.