23 juin 1987 - Accommodation Benefit - changed

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The Accommodation Benefit and Accommodation Benefit (Special) were combined into a single Accommodation Benefit. For non-beneficiaries, eligibility was restricted to those working 20 hours per week or more or for a married couple a combined total of 20 hours per week or more. Non-beneficiary homeowners continued to be excluded from assistance.

The minimum accommodation costs applying to married couples and sole parents were set at 25 percent of the net married couple rate of the Invalids Benefit. For single beneficiaries the minimum accommodation cost was set at 60 percent of that applying to married couples and sole parents. The 25 percent threshold was phased in the following manner: 20 percent from June 1987, 22.5 percent from 1 October 1987 and 25 percent from 1 April 1988.
Accommodation costs for boarders were set at 2/3rds of board costs.

For married couple and sole parent homeowners the minimum accommodation costs were set at 30 percent of the net married couple rate of the Invalids Benefit. For single homeowners the minimum accommodation costs were set at 60 percent of those applicable to families.

The maximum level of the accommodation benefit applying to married couples and sole parents was set at 25 percent of the net married couple rate of the Invalids Benefit. For single beneficiaries, the maximum rate was set at 60 percent of that applying to married couples and sole parents or $40 whichever was the larger (until 1 April 1990). From June 1987 the maximum rates were $59 per week for couples and sole parents and $40 per week for single people.

The subsidy rate was reduced in stages from 2/3rds of the excess costs to a 50 percent subsidy. It was fully phased in by 1 November 1988.

Asset exemptions were introduced at $2,500 for single beneficiaries and $5,000 for married couples and sole parents. Each $100 of cash assets in excess of these levels counted as $1 per week of income. [Note the asset limits were introduced in November 1988]

For beneficiaries and those receiving National Superannuation, entitlement was abated by 25c in respect of each $1 of gross additional income up to $80 per week. For beneficiaries, any remaining benefit was retained as long as the main benefit was payable.

For superannuitants, any remaining benefit was retained as long as their income was below the applicable cut-out point for the Invalids Benefit. For non-beneficiaries the benefit was abated by 25c for every dollar of gross income earned in excess of the following: $273.00 per week for sole parents/couples and $164.00 per week for single people. This produced the following cut out points: sole parents/couples $504.00 per week and single people $322.00 per week.
Accommodation Benefit was not payable to new applicants whose accommodation costs included rent or mortgage payments to the Housing Corporation of New Zealand.


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

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