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#2026/2712026 İsteğe Bağlı Mali Yardım ve İsteğe Bağlı Konut Ödemeleri (Değişiklik ve Yürürlükten Kaldırma) Yönetmelikleri

🇬🇧United Kingdom··Statutory Instrument·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The 2026 regulations remove certain rules in England that allowed local authorities to provide discretionary housing payments and manage how these payments were claimed. However, these rules will still apply in Wales. This change affects local authorities and individuals seeking financial assistance for housing costs in England.

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Key Changes

  • Revokes the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 in England.
  • Revokes the Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001 in England.
  • Maintains the regulations and order for Wales.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Local authorities in England must cease operating under the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1167) and revoke their reliance on these regulations for providing discretionary housing payments

Local authorities in England
operational
high

Local authorities in England must cease processing claims for discretionary housing payments under the procedures previously outlined in the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001

Local authorities in England
operational
high

Local authorities in England must discontinue claiming and receiving grants under the Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2340)

Local authorities in England
operational
high

Local authorities in Wales must continue to apply the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 and the Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001

Local authorities in Wales
operational

Affected Parties

Local authorities in EnglandIndividuals seeking housing financial assistance in England

Tags

housing,financial assistance,local authorities