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Universal credit and ‘a resettlement place’
I don’t know if this has been answered elsewhere but does anyone know where I can find the definition of ‘a resettlement place’ as described by the DWP:-
29 November 2012 – Supported “exempt” accommodation and Universal Credit
Ministers have announced that help towards housing costs for those living in supported “exempt” accommodation will be provided outside Universal Credit. Supported “exempt” accommodation is defined in legislation as:
• a resettlement place
• accommodation provided by a county council, housing association, registered charity or voluntary organisation where that body or person acting on their behalf provides the claimant with care, support or supervision.
Cheers
Have a look at HB and CTB (Conequential Provisions) Regs 2006 SI No 217 - Sch 3 para 4(10) - or page 1215 of the CPAG HB/CTB Regs 2011/12 edition
- ‘a resettlement place provided by persons to whom the secretary of State has given assistance by way of a grant under section 30 of the Jobseekers Act 1995’
...definition as per JS Act section 30 - (which is not IN the CPAG Regs book but is online!)
30 Grants for resettlement places.E+W+S.(1)The Secretary of State may pay such grants, to such persons, as he considers appropriate in relation to expenditure in connection with the provision or maintenance of resettlement places. .
(2)In this section “resettlement places” means places at which persons without a settled way of life are afforded temporary accommodation with a view to assisting them to lead a more settled life. .
(3)Any grant under this section may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. .
(4)Section 30 of, and Schedule 5 to, the M3Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (provision of resettlement units) shall cease to have effect. .
(5)Any grants made by the Secretary of State under this section shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament. .
(6)Any sums received by the Secretary of State by way of the repayment of any such grant shall be paid by him into the Consolidated Fund.
errrr… does this help????
This is pulled from a recentish Housing.org briefing on Exempt Accomodation.
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Or b) A resettlement unit
This refers to accommodation that was in receipt of Resettlement Grant. This
dates from when central government transferred what had been nationally run
‘resettlement units’ for homeless people to local providers. Either the service
was transferred or the funding to commission an alternative service. Even
though resettlement grant is long gone (it was transferred to Supported
Housing Management Grant which was then merged into Supporting People)
all these units retain the status of exempt accommodation.
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The source document is hosted at http://www.housing.org.uk/publications/browse/exempt-accommodation-update
Thanks for these replies. It is now much clearer…