Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987. They provide that service charges for general counselling and support are eligible payments for Housing Benefit only where either the services are related to the provision of adequate accommodation or where the claimant’s landlord or the landlord’s employee spends the majority of the time, during which he provides services, in the provision of eligible services.
These Regulations do not impose a charge on businesses.