Can anyone please tell me which HB Reg covers the paying of ground rent?

Tue 03-Mar-09 02:02 PM by trishc

HBR 12 (1) (g):
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1.Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, the payments in respect of which housing benefit is payable in the form of a rent rebate or allowance are the following periodical payments which a person is liable to make in respect of the dwelling which he occupies as his home—
g) where the home is a caravan or a mobile home, payments in respect of the site on which it stands;

paragraph 17(1)(a) of Schedule 3 of the income support (general) regualtions (and similar for JSA and ESA) - it's housing costs not rent. This is assuming you are talking about a long lease.