# The Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1989, Schedule 3: CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF RENT INCREASES


For the purposes of article 5(1) the amount shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula–
A-A×113B Where–
A is the amount of the qualifying expenditure attributable to allowances granted by the authority in the relevant year;
B is the average of the eligible rents of those persons in receipt, on 31st May 1989, of an allowance from the authority, expressed as a percentage of the average of the eligible rents of those persons so in receipt on 31st March 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/607/schedule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-subsidy-order-1989/schedule-3
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