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What is the difference between exempt accommodation and other specified accommodation?

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Specified accommodation is a wide term that includes exempt accommodation: exempt accommodation is a subcategory of specified accommodation.

Any specified accommodation that is not also exempt accommodation is protected from some benefit restrictions, but there is more protection for a benefit claimant who occupies exempt accommodation as this Venn diagram shows: