Monday, January 29, 2007

Housing loan – a lawful deduction

Deputy pension funds’ adjudicator discusses housing related deductions from pension benefits.

Individuals looking for money to build or refurbish a house could get it form their pensions.

Pension and provident funds are a form of social security and therefore the Pension Funds Act allows funds to grant housing loans to its members.In terms of the act, provided the fund rules so permit, a fund may grant a loan to a member for the purposes of acquiring a house or property on which a dwelling will be erected for him or his dependants or effecting improvements to an existing dwelling.

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