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Fix UC housing costs element floor #1755

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19 changes: 19 additions & 0 deletions ...nance/benefit/family/universal_credit/housing_costs_element/uc_housing_costs_element.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -103,3 +103,22 @@
members: person
output:
uc_housing_costs_element: 5_000 - 10 * 52

- name: Rented privately, non-dependent deductions exceed housing costs
period: 2022
absolute_error_margin: 0
input:
people:
person: {}
benunits:
benunit:
benunit_rent: 1_000
uc_non_dep_deductions: 2_000
LHA_cap: 5_000
members: person
households:
household:
tenure_type: RENT_PRIVATELY
members: person
output:
uc_housing_costs_element: 0
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion ...e_uk/variables/gov/dwp/universal_credit/housing_costs_element/uc_housing_costs_element.py
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Expand Up @@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ def formula(benunit, period, parameters):
default=0,
)
non_dependent_deductions = benunit("uc_non_dep_deductions", period)
return max_housing_costs - non_dependent_deductions
return max_(max_housing_costs - non_dependent_deductions, 0)