Housing Benefit
Claim Housing Benefit
Check if you are eligible for Housing Benefit (and Council Tax Support), make a claim, and find out what evidence we need to see
Should you be getting Universal Credit or Housing Benefit?
Housing Benefit is being replaced by Universal Credit, find out which one you should be claiming
Tell us something has changed
Report a change which affects your Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support, such as starting work or moving home.
Housing Benefit explained
Find out if you can claim, and how much you could receive
Payments of Housing Benefit
Find out when your next Housing Benefit payment is due
Local Housing Allowance
Housing Benefits for tenants of private landlords - find out the current Local Housing Allowance rates
Housing Benefit advice for private landlords
Find out how Housing Benefit works and how a landlord can arrange for benefit payments to be made direct to themselves
Backdating the start date of your claim
Find out when your Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support claim will be paid from, and if you can ask for backdated benefit
Disagree with a benefits decision
What to do if you think something is wrong with our decision about your benefit claim