In this context, a number of measures in respect of the SWA rent supplement scheme will be implemented. These include: an increase in the rate of the minimum contribution to be made by the recipient, from €12 to €13 per week, in order to maintain the rate of the minimum contribution at approximately 10% of the basic personal rate of SWA; in future, if one member of a couple is in full-time employment, both will be excluded from claiming rent-mortgage supplement, a measure which will give effect to the original intention that SWA should not be paid in cases where there is full-time employment in a household; and health boards will be given the power to refuse rent supplement in cases where the applicant has not already been renting for a period of six months, with provisions for exceptions to the homeless, people who are at risk of becoming homeless and other vulnerable individuals.