The disadvantaged categories were social or private renter, eligible for free prescriptions, routine or manual occupation or unemployed or permanently sick, basic (GCSE) or no educational qualifications, and single parent household.
Rejecting the court ruling, many of the Palestinian families refused to pay rent, making them eligible for eviction.
About 70percentt of the Independence Plaza North tenants qualify as rent burdened, or eligible for rental assistance programs to support them in paying any increased rent, he said.
Under the new rules, social housing tenants deemed to have one more bedroom than they need lose 14% of their eligible rent and those with two or more lose 25%.
So, local authorities will calculate so-called eligible rent by considering income, age, the size of family and disabilities of people living in a council property.
The Scottish Parliament will also have the power to vary the housing cost elements of UC, including varying the under-occupancy charge and local housing allowance rates, eligible rent, and deductions for non-dependents.
Typically, a two-bedroom apartment at the market rate of $2,300 a month would cost an eligible renter $1,165 at the reduced rate.
A David Hershey-Webb, a Manhattan lawyer who represents tenants, said that under New York City's Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption Program, commonly known as Scrie, rent-regulated tenants may be eligible to have their rent frozen at its current level.
It will make formerly illegal lofts eligible for rent stabilization and protect the tenants against evictions.
