# The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Regulation 11: Eligible housing costs

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, housing benefit shall be payable in respect of the payments specified in regulations 12(1) and 13(1) and a claimant’s maximum housing benefit shall be calculated under Part VIII by reference to—
(a) in the case of a rate rebate, the amount of his eligible rates determined in accordance with regulation 12(3); and
(b) in the case of a rent rebate or allowance, the amount of his eligible rent determined in accordance with—
(i) regulation 13A;
(ia) regulations 13AA, A14 and B14;
(ii) regulations 13B, 14, 14A and 14B;
(iii) regulations 13C, 14C and 14D, or
(iv) regulations 13 (rent) and 14 (restrictions on unreasonable payments) as set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Consequential Provisions Regulations,
whichever is applicable in his case.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4), housing benefit shall not be payable in respect of payments made by a person on income support , an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance whose applicable amount for that benefit includes an amount in respect of those payments.
(3) Where any payment for which a person is liable in respect of a dwelling and which is specified in regulation 13(1), is increased on account of—
(a) outstanding arrears of any payment or charge; or
(b) any other unpaid payment or charge,
to which paragraphs (1) or (2) of that regulation or paragraph (2) of regulation 13A or Schedule 1 refer and which is or was formerly owed by him in respect of that or another dwelling, a rent rebate or, as the case may be, a rent allowance shall not be payable in respect of that increase.
(4) Where a person who has been awarded housing benefit in respect of a dwelling becomes entitled to income support , an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance and his applicable amount for the purpose of calculating his entitlement to that benefit includes an amount in respect of a payment made by him in respect of that dwelling, the payments made by him in respect of that dwelling shall continue to be eligible for housing benefit for a period of 4 benefit weeks beginning with the benefit week after the date on which he becomes entitled to income support , an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-11
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