Chapter 6: The housing costs element

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Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2022/23

This chapter covers:

1. Who can get a housing costs element (here)

2. Liability for payments (here)

3. Occupying accommodation as a home (here)

4. How the housing costs element is calculated: general rules (here)

5. The amount for private rented tenants (here)

6. The amount for social rented sector tenants: the ‘bedroom tax’ (here)

7. Service charge payments for owner-occupiers (here)

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