Regulation 71C Relationship between extended payment (qualifying contributory benefits) and entitlement to housing benefit under the general conditions of entitlementF1

Where a claimant’s housing benefit award would have ended when the claimant ceased to be entitled to a qualifying contributory benefit in the circumstances listed in regulation 71(1)(b), that award will not cease until the end of the extended payment period.

Part IX shall not apply to any extended payment (qualifying contributory benefits) payable in accordance with regulation 71B(1)(a).