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DV Hostel and excemption to Shared Room Rate LHA
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 ]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.