oct 1, 1996 - Special Transfer Allowance - starts

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The Special Transfer Allowance provided continuing financial assistance to recipients of the Tenure Protection Allowance (TPA) who lost entitlement to the TPA as a result of moving out of Housing Corporation of New Zealand premises. The amount of the allowance was equal to the amount by which the applicant’s weekly accommodation costs exceeded the average regional rental at the date of application, but the rate payable could not exceed the amount of TPA that they were previously receiving. For the purpose of assessing eligibility to the Accommodation Supplement, the amount of the Special Transfer Allowance was deducted from the applicant’s accommodation costs.

Source: https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/about-msd/history/social-assistance-chronology-programme-history.html

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