Last updated 12 January 2007
The following types of residences are examples of what is considered to be a mobile home:
The following table provides reference points for the assessment rules of certain types of mobile homes.
More ? [2]
If the principal home is a mobile home in which the person has... |
Then follow the assessment rules contained in ... |
reasonable security of tenure, |
Homeowner's Basic Assessment Rules. More ? [3] |
no reasonable security of tenure, |
Non-Homeowner's Basic Assessment Rules. More ? [4] |
VEA ? [5]
Mobile home owners who pay a fee for the use of a site to situate the vehicle or structure, or a fee for the right to moor a vessel, may be eligible to receive rent assistance [6].
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If a person purchases a mobile home and pays site fees to a caravan park that is marketed as a retirement park, they will be assessed as a mobile homeowner. These parks are not considered to be retirement villages [6].
Rent Assistance is an allowance which may be paid to a service pensioner, income support supplement (ISS) or veteran payment recipient to assist in meeting the cost of rental accommodation.
To receive rent assistance a pensioner must be paying rent (other than Government rent) for accommodation in Australia, and the amount paid must exceed a certain threshold.
According to subsection 5M(3) of the VEA [18], premises constitute a retirement village if:
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16036%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn158
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn159
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn160
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn161
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[7] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn162
[8] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/92-residential-situation/922-basic-principles-assessment/principal-home
[9] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#ref-cspol_part9_ftn158
[10] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/92-residential-situation/922-basic-principles-assessment/homeowners-basic-assessment-rules
[11] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#ref-cspol_part9_ftn159
[12] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/92-residential-situation/922-basic-principles-assessment/non-homeowners-basic-assessment-rules
[13] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#ref-cspol_part9_ftn160
[14] https://clik.dva.gov.au/service-eligibility-assistant-updates/all-determinations-order-date-signed-oldest-most-recent/determinations-under-vea
[15] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#ref-cspol_part9_ftn161
[16] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/92-residential-situation/922-basic-principles-assessment/amount-rent-paid
[17] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16036#ref-cspol_part9_ftn162
[18] http://clik.dva.gov.au/legislation-library