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Bill Introduced 2 Jul 2014 ↗ Parliament

Under-Occupancy Penalty (Exemptions) Bill

A Bill to exempt social housing tenants who claim Disability Living Allowance or who have occupied a property for at least six months or who have not been offered alternative accommodation, from the size criteria provisions of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, the Housing Benefit (persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 and the Universal Credit 2013 Regulations; and for connected purposes.

Legislative progress

Commons 2 Jul 2014
1st reading
Commons
2nd reading