Principal home
The Principal home, is generally the place in which a person resides for the greatest amount of time each year. This must be established in order to assess whether or not a person is a homeowner.
Principal homes
Homeowner/s
The value of any right or interest a person has in their principal home is disregarded from the value of that person's assets.
Non-homeowner/s
If a non-homeowner pays rent, they may be eligible to receive rent assistance.
Non-homeowners
Care situations
A person can reside in several different types of care. Rent assistance is not payable if residential care is Australian government subsidised.
Special residences
There are three types of special residences:
- Retirement Village
- Granny Flat
- Sale Leaseback
Homeownership status for these types of residences, depends on the amount of entry contribution paid.
Special residences