jul 1, 1993 - Tenure Protection Allowance - starts

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1993-2000
The Tenure Protection Allowance (TPA) was established as a cash benefit delivered by the Department of Social Welfare. It was paid in recognition of the fact that some Housing Corporation of New Zealand (HNZ) tenants would face exceptional difficulties if they were required to move as a result of rent increases to market levels.
Eligible tenants were those living in an HNZ house on 1 October 1992 who were in one of the following groups:
• aged over 65 years or whose partner living with them was aged over 65 years;
• tenants in a specifically modified HNZ or TPK house who need the modification for themselves or a member of their family (major modifications to meet the needs of the disabled); and
• tenants who can demonstrate that a move would create exceptional difficulties (eg totally blind, have a serious mental or physical health condition which if they were required to move would exacerbate that condition.
The TPA provided extra financial assistance to eligible tenants who were residing in their HNZ home as at 1 October 1992 and from which it would be inappropriate for them to move. The TPA was first introduced in October 1992 as a subsidy delivered to selected tenants by Housing New Zealand and Te Puni Kokiri.
The TPA was the difference between the tenant’s market rent and the average regional rent (based on a survey of rents paid by HNZ tenants in the three AS regions) when the tenant’s market rent was higher than the average regional rent. The TPA was a transitional provision for existing tenants only.

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