Paragraph 16 Housing costsF7

payments by way of rent or ground rent relating to a long tenancyF1...;

service charges;

payments by way of the rentcharge within the meaning of section 1 of the Rentcharges Act 1977F2;

payments under a co-ownership scheme;

payments under or relating to a tenancy or licence of a Crown tenant;

where the dwelling occupied as the home is a tent, payments in respect of the tent and the site on which it stands.

where the costs are inclusive of any of the items mentioned in F3paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (payment in respect of fuel charges), the deductions prescribed in that paragraph unless the claimant provides evidence on which the actual or approximate amount of the service charge for fuel may be estimated, in which case the estimated amount;

where the costs are inclusive of ineligible service charges within the meaning of F4paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (ineligible service charges) the amounts attributable to those ineligible service charges or where that amount is not separated from or separately identified within the housing costs to be met under this paragraph, such part of the payments made in respect of those housing costs which are fairly attributable to the provision of those ineligible services having regard to the costs of comparable services;

any amount for repairs and improvements, and for this purpose the expression “repairs and improvements" has F5the meaning in sub-paragraph (6) .

pays for reasonable repairs or redecoration to be carried out to the dwelling they occupy; and

that work was not the responsibility of the claimant or any member of his family; and

in consequence of that work being done, the costs which are normally met under this paragraph are waived,

where the amount payable in respect of water charges is known , by that amount;

in any other case, by the amount which would be the likely weekly water charge had the property not been occupied by a Crown tenant.

provision of a fixed bath, shower, wash basin, sink or lavatory, and necessary associated plumbing, including the provision of hot water not connected to a central heating system;

repairs to existing heating system;

damp proof measures;

provision of ventilation and natural lighting;

provision of drainage facilities;

provision of facilities for preparing and cooking food;

provision of insulation of the dwelling occupied as the home;

provision of electric lighting and sockets;

provision of storage facilities for fuel or refuse;

repairs of unsafe structural defects;

adapting a dwelling for the special needs of a disabled person; or

provision of separate sleeping accommodation for persons of different sexes aged 10 or over but under the age of 20 who live with the claimant and for whom the claimant or the claimant’s partner is responsible.