Guidance on choosing accommodation and additional payments - First party ‘top ups’
- The person whose needs are to be met by the accommodation may themselves choose to make a ‘top-up’ payment only in the following circumstances:
- where they are subject to a 12-week property disregard (See chapter 8 on Charging)
- where they have a deferred payment agreement in place with the local authority. Where this is the case, the terms of the agreement should reflect this arrangement. For further guidance on deferred payment agreements see Chapter 9.
- where they are receiving accommodation provided under S117 for mental health aftercare