The Supplementary Benefit (Housing Requirements and Resources) Amendment Regulations 1987
These Regulations amend Part IV of the Supplementary Benefit (Requirements) Regulations 1983 (which sets out the housing requirements of supplementary benefit claimants) in the following respects:—they amend regulation 14 so that, where the home is included in a hereditament or premises of which a part only is rated or assessed as a dwelling the amounts applicable under regulations 1 Sand 17 are limited to the proportion of the amounts applicable in respect of the hereditaments or premises as a whole equal to the proportion so rated or assessed;a new regulation 15 is substituted by which restrictions are placed on the amount of mortgage interest which will be met as a housing requirement during the first 16 weeks of benefit where the claimant or his partner is aged less than 60 and he was not in receipt of benefit prior to coming into force of this regulation;regulation 17 is amended so that interest on loans for repairs or improvements on the home is treated in the same way as interest on a loan which qualifies under regulation 15;regulation 21 is amended so that the amounts applicable as housing requirements under regulations 15 to 18 are restricted where the outgoings of the claimant’s home are unreasonably high by comparison with the outgoings of suitable alternative accommodation in the locality.