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Housing Support Programme Amendment 2025
19 December 2025.
This instrument amends the Housing Support Programme by making a consequential amendment to the definition of ‘service costs’, to ensure that definition continues to retain the same meaning which will be defined in section 65AAA of the Social Security Act 2018 from 2 March 2026 when the Social Assistance Legislation (Accommodation Supplement and Income-related Rent) Amendment Act 2025 comes into force.
This instrument also amends the Programme to:
- allow for bond grants to be made during the course of a tenancy, where the applicant is required to make a further payment towards their bond, following an increase of rent; and
- enable a security cover grant to be made for costs that the Tenancy Tribunal has determined that the applicant is required to pay.