Rent Assistance (RA) 108-18092658
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Social Security Guide 1.1.C.15 Care definitions
Social Security Guide 1.1.C.25 Care situations
Social Security Guide 1.1.E.168 Exempt accommodation (RA)
Social Security Guide 3.8.1.90 Temporary accommodation & RA
Social Security Guide 3.8.1.100 Ineligible homeowners & RA
Social Security Guide 3.8.1.106 Special RA rules for couples & families with children
Social Security Guide 4.6.3.60 Exempting the principal home - temporary vacation of property
Social Security Guide 4.6.3.70 Exempting the principal home - care situations
https://guides.dss.gov.au/abstudy-policy-manual
Family Assistance Guide 3.1.4.30 Rent assistance
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ABSTUDY Policy Manual 76 Overview of Rent Assistance
Legislation
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Common qualifications for Rent Assistance
- section 1070B, general rule
- section 1070C, Common requirements (about aged care residence, home ownership and rent)
Rent definitions
- section 13(1), Rent Definitions
- section 4(7), Family relationships definitions - couples
- subsection 7 'Illness separated couple'
- subsection 9A 'Temporarily separated couple'
- section 13, Care situation
- subsection 9 'For the purposes of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a person is in a care situation ...'