PC10 Pension Credit - Communities and Local Government

How will Pension Credit help you?Charges for tents and site rentsSPCR sch IIpara 13Para 13Para 10If you live in a tent, the extra amount will include an amountto cover the charges on the tent and the site on which it stands.But we will make deductions for any service charges, as in theparagraph above.RentchargeRentcharges are paid by some freeholders under the terms on whichthey own their own freehold. They can be included in the extraamount if they are covered in section 1 of the Rentcharges Act 1977.High housing costsWe may decide your housing costs are too high if:●●●your home is larger than is needed for the people living in it; oryour home is located in an unnecessarily expensiveneighbourhood; oryour housing costs, such as mortgage interest, are higher thanthe cost of other suitable accommodation in the neighbourhood.When we decide whether your housing costs are too high, we look atthe following factors:●●●suitable accommodation and housing costs in the area;the circumstances of everyone living in your home, includingtheir ages and state of health, and the effect of a change ofhome on the education of anyone under 19; andwhether you were able to meet the costs of your home whenyou moved in. If so, your costs cannot be ruled too high for thefirst six months after you start getting Pension Credit, andpossibly not for the next six months.If, on this basis, we decide it is not reasonable for you to seekcheaper accommodation, you will not be affected by these rules. Butif your housing costs are considered too high, the amount of moneyyou get could be reduced.21