Subsidy for community housing providers with market rent

The Income Related Rent subsidy that can be claimed by community housing providers is the difference between the:

• rate of Income Related Rent calculated and notified by Work and Income (being the notified rate that was required to be charged within the fortnightly claim period, starting from the earliest possible date that it could have been charged) and
• market rent rate for the property

Note GST cannot be claimed, as GST does not apply to residential tenancies.

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

Income Related Rent rate is higher than the market rent rate.

Community housing provider charges a rate lower than notified Income Related Rent rate due to special circumstances.

For more information see:

• Calculating the Income Related Rent subsidy
• Subsidy claims