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Clients with suspended or expired benefit records

Assessable income can be reviewed when an applicable person has a permanent change in income.

Where an applicable person is getting a benefit and the benefit payments have reduced or stopped, the rate of Income Related Rent may be reviewed:

  • when the client tells MSD of the change in circumstances or
  • following the cancellation of the benefit

Retrospective benefit review

When a client's benefit is reviewed and retrospectively adjusted, you may need to consider whether the rate of Income Related Rent needs to be reviewed.

An applicable person is:

and