Last updated 12 January 2007
A non-homeowner is a person who does not have a right or interest which gives reasonable security of tenure in the principal home [2].
Non-homeowners do not have any right or interest in their principal home and therefore may be eligible for rent assistance [2].
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Person's residing in any of the residential situations listed below may be eligible to receive rent assistance, depending on the amount of rent paid.
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Persons residing in any of the residential situations listed below are not eligible to receive rent assistance.
Note: When determining eligibility for housing assistance state government authorities do not take into account the Australian government payment of $25,000 made to World War 2 Australian ex-prisoners of the Japanese, or their widows [2] or widowers [2]. Income [2] earned or derived from the payment, whether deemed or actual, is taken into account when determining a tenant's rent or an applicant's eligibility for public housing. The exception is the NSW housing department, which does not take income derived from the payment when determining the level of housing assistance.
The higher assets limit applies to non-homeowners.
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Household contents are not exempt. They are assessable for assets test purposes. The amount to be held is the market value, not the replacement value.
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The principal home has the meaning given by subsection 5LA(1) [28] of the VEA and subsection 5LA(2) [28] of the VEA. The principal home of a person is generally the place in which they reside. In certain circumstances, however, the principal home of a person can be the place in which they formerly resided. The following property is regarded as part of the principal home.
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.
Non-Government Subsidised care applies to the following groups:
No Commonwealth Government subsidy, including pensioner supplement, is payable to the facility in respect of their places.
Government Subsidised Care is care provided to persons in approved facilities [2].
The government subsidy (also known as “pensioner supplement”), is paid directly to the facility by DH&FS [2] on the behalf of pensioners receiving this care.
Where a care resident pays an accommodation bond [2] more than ten times the annual rate of social security age pension, the pensioner supplement paid by DH&FS [2] to the aged care facility to replace rent assistance is no longer paid.
An ineligible property owner is a property owner who is ineligible for rent assistance.
According to subsection 5N(1) of the VEA [28], these people are not regarded as ineligible property owners and therefore may be eligible for rent assistance:
A widow is a woman who was:
A widower is a man who was:
According to section 5H of the VEA [29] income is:
Links
[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16136%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn127
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn128
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn129
[6] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn130
[7] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn131
[8] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn132
[9] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn133
[10] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn134
[11] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#tgt-cspol_part9_ftn135
[12] 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
[13] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#ref-cspol_part9_ftn127
[14] 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
[15] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#ref-cspol_part9_ftn128
[16] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/92-residential-situation/923-additional-assessment-rules-certain-types-residences/mobile-home
[17] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#ref-cspol_part9_ftn129
[18] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/92-residential-situation/927-departure-principal-home/sale-or-deprivation-home
[19] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#ref-cspol_part9_ftn130
[20] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/92-residential-situation/925-special-residence-assessment-rules
[21] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#ref-cspol_part9_ftn131
[22] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#ref-cspol_part9_ftn132
[23] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/92-residential-situation/925-special-residence-assessment-rules/sale-leaseback-arrangements
[24] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#ref-cspol_part9_ftn133
[25] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-9-principles-determining-pension-rate/91-income-and-assets-test-principles
[26] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#ref-cspol_part9_ftn134
[27] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16136#ref-cspol_part9_ftn135
[28] http://clik.dva.gov.au/legislation-library
[29] http://clik/health-procedure-library/health-information-and-management-notes-himn/vhc/072014-vhc-veterans-home-care