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Shared housing and Income Related Rent Subsidy

The market rent rate or agreed rent rate for a social housing property that is providing shared housing is set based on each bedroom.

For the purposes of shared housing, the Income Related Rent Subsidy is then paid for the difference between the rate of Income Related Rent calculated for the tenant and the market rent rate or agreed rent rate for the bedroom.

Example 1 - Market Rent

Income Related Rent rate is lower than the market rent rate for the bedroom.

Market rent rate for the bedroom

Income Related Rent for tenant

Rent charged by housing provider

Income Related Rent Subsidy

$180

$91

$91

$89

Example 2 - Agreed Rent

Income Related Rent rate is lower than the agreed rent rate for the bedroom.

Agreed rent rate for the bedroom

Market Rent

Income Related Rent for tenant

Rent charged by housing provider

Income Related Rent Subsidy 

$200

$180

$91

$91

 $109
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Shared housing is where a client is living in a bedroom in a social housing provider property. Each bedroom will have its own bathroom, but the client may be required to share kitchen, lounge and other facilities with the other tenants.

A shared property can only have five or less tenants living at the property at any one time.

Tenants other than social housing clients can live in the property.