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DV Hostel and excemption to Shared Room Rate LHA

Julie HC
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Do domestic violence hostels count as homeless hostels for the exemption for shared room rate LHA if a single resident aged 25-35 has been resident for 3 months or more?

[ Edited: 16 Jul 2020 at 02:17 pm by Julie HC ]
HB Anorak
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Probably not as such.  The definition in the HB Regs is:

(1B) For the purposes of determining whether C meets the condition in paragraph (1A)(a), “hostel for homeless people” means a hostel, as defined in paragraph (1), the main purpose of which is to provide accommodation together with care, support or supervision for homeless people with a view to assisting such persons to be rehabilitated or resettled within the community.

And in the UC Regs:

“hostel for homeless people” means a hostel the main purpose of which is to provide accommodation together with care, support or supervision for homeless people with a view to assisting such persons to be rehabilitated or resettled within the community.