# The Universal Credit Regulations 2013, Paragraph 21: Meaning of “temporary accommodation”


(1) Accommodation is temporary accommodation for the purposes of paragraph 20(1)(b) if it falls within Case 1 or Case 2.
(2) Case 1 is where—
(a) rent payments are payable to a local authority;
(b) the local authority makes the accommodation available to the renter—
(i) to discharge any of the local authority’s functions under Part 3 of the Housing Act 1985, Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 or Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, or
(ii) to prevent the person being or becoming homeless within the meaning of Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 or Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; and
(c) the accommodation is not exempt accommodation.
(3) Case 2 is where—
(a) rent payments are payable to a provider of social housing other than a local authority;
(b) that provider makes the accommodation available to the renter in pursuance of arrangements made with it by a local authority—
(i) to discharge any of the local authority’s functions under Part 3 of the Housing Act 1985, Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 or Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, or
(ii) to prevent the renter being or becoming homeless within the meaning of Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 or Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987; and
(c) the accommodation is not exempt accommodation.
(4) Sub-paragraph (1) applies irrespective of whether the renter is also liable to make service charge payments.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111531938/schedule/4/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-regulations-2013/schedule-4/paragraph-21
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