Additional Support for Low-income Households Following COVID-19 Alert Level Restrictions

29 November 2021.

These papers outline how Hardship Assistance income limits have been temporarily increased between 1 November 2021 and 1 March 2022, to help support low-income households in the context of the current resurgence of COVID-19.

Coversheet (PDF 148.46KB)
Paper - Additional Support for Low-income Households Following COVID-19 Alert Level Restrictions (PDF 1.08MB)
Appendix One - Income cut-out points for additional income support (PDF 107.39KB)
Appendix Two - Communications Campaign (PDF 107.82KB)
CAB-21-MIN-0405 Minute (PDF 120.13KB)
CBC-21-MIN-0118 Minute (PDF 134.64KB)
CAB-21-MIN-0416 Report of the Cabinet Business Committee Minute (PDF 124.16KB)

Web versions

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Paper - Additional Support for Low-income Households Following COVID-19 Alert Level Restrictions
Appendix One - Additional support for low-income households following COVID-19 Alert Level restrictions
Appendix Two - Additional support for low-income households following COVID-19 Alert Level restrictions