{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-regulations-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-regulations-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111531938",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Single calculation for renter treated as occupying single accommodation",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to any renter where, under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 (claimant housed in two dwellings by provider of social housing), two dwellings (“accommodation A” and “accommodation B”) occupied by a renter are treated as the single accommodation in respect of which the renter meets the occupation condition.\n(2) The amount of the renter’s housing costs element is to be determined by a single calculation in respect of accommodation A and accommodation B as if they were one, taking account of—\n(a) all relevant payments in respect of accommodation A and all relevant payments in respect of accommodation B; and\n(b) the total number of bedrooms in accommodation A and accommodation B taken together.\n(3) The single calculation is to be made under Part 5 of this Schedule in any case where—\n(a) the renter’s liability to make rent payments in respect of accommodation A and accommodation B is to a provider of social housing; and\n(b) neither accommodation A nor accommodation B is temporary accommodation within the meaning of paragraph 21.\n(4) In any other case, the single calculation is to be made under Part 4 of this Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111531938/schedule/4/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:50:55.239318+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}