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Housing costs when moving out of specified accommodation

JayKay
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Benefits adviser - Penwith Housing Association, Penzance

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I have a client who is getting Housing Benefit for their housing costs as they are in temporary accommodation, but getting Universal Credit rather than legacy benefits.
I think that once they move out of temporary accommodation and into the ‘ordinary’ accommodation that they have been offered, the HB will stop and the housing costs will be covered by UC - but I can’t find that explicitly stated anywhere
Can anyone point me in the direction of the regs covering this situation?
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HB Anorak
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Regulation 5 of the UC Transitional Provisions Regs 2014: you cannot be entitled to HB if you are entitled to UC, unless the HB is for specified/temporary accommodation.  As soon as that’s no longer the case, Reg 5 will kick in and UC will trump HB.

JayKay
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Fab - thanks so much