# The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014, Regulation 8A: Transitional housing payment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Where an award of housing benefit terminates under regulation 8 ...—
(a) the claimant is to be treated for the purposes of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 as entitled to universal credit during the period of two weeks mentioned in regulation 8(2A) ... , even if no decision has been made on the claim; ...
(b) if a claim for universal credit is made because the claimant moves to new accommodation occupied as the claimant's home, then, notwithstanding anything in the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, housing benefit is to be paid directly to the claimant during the period of two weeks mentioned in regulation 8(2A) ... ; and
(c) if a claim for universal credit is made by a notified person then, notwithstanding anything in the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, the weekly amount of housing benefit to which the person is entitled for that period of two weeks is the same as the weekly amount they were entitled to on the first day of that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1230/regulation/8A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-2014/regulation-8A
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