Definition of accommodation

Accommodation is premises intended for residential occupation as a home, and includes any room or other accommodation intended for occupation as a home, by a boarder.

Accommodation does not include any permanent or temporary building, tent, caravan, vehicle, or other structure, that is:

• not intended to be used for human habitation (e.g. garages shed, barn, or carport)
• intended to be used only as temporary accommodation (e.g. cabin/tent or mobile home in a camping ground, or accommodation at a marae)
• emergency housing (e.g. getting an Emergency Housing Grant to live in commercial accommodation, contracted emergency housing, transitional housing, or other community emergency housing provider)