
2025 No. 1
Housing
The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Made 9th January 2025
Coming into operation 31st January 2025

The Department for Communities, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1)(d), 129A(2) and 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it, and Articles 16(4), 38(1) and 48(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.

Proposals in respect of these Regulations were not referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee since it appeared to the Department for Communities that by reason of the urgency of the matter it was expedient not to do so.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 31st January 2025.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Modification to the Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) Regulations
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For the purposes of determining the local housing allowances in 2025, the Schedule (broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations) to the Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 is to be read as if for paragraph 2(2) (local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1) there were substituted—“
(2) For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for any category of dwelling is the allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 31st January 2024.”.
Modification to the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations
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For the purposes of determining the local housing allowances in 2025, Schedule 1 (local housing allowance determinations) to the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 is to be read as if for paragraph 2(2) (local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1) there were substituted—“
(2) For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for any category of accommodation is the allowance determined for that category of accommodation on 31st January 2024.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 9th January 2025.
(L.S.)David Tarr
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
