Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit

Housing Benefit

• Local Housing Allowance
• Local Housing Rates

Are you entitled to claim Housing Benefit?

• Additional information for people over 60 years of age
• Who can claim
• Information for people from abroad
• Information for Students
• Who cannot claim Housing Benefit?
• Benefits while you stay in Hospital

How do I claim Housing Benefit?

• How to claim Housing Benefit
• What information do we need with your claim?
• I'm elderly or disabled - can someone visit me to help me claim?
• If you are claiming Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance
• When will my claim start from and can I backdate a claim?
• Pre Tenancy Determination
• Benefit in work

What do I need to do if my circumstances change.  For example. my income changes, someone moves in or out, or someone in your home starts or stops work?

• Benefits Overpayments
• When your Benefit will end
• How often do I need to renew my claim for Benefit?
• What happens if I forget or don't tell you about a change in my circumstances?
• Changes in your income or household circumstances
• Benefits whilst hospitalised

How do we calculate how much Housing Benefit you will receive?

• How your benefit is worked out
• Do other people living in my home affect my claim?
• Will all of the rent I pay be used in the calculation?
• What counts as Capital and how does it affect my Benefit?
• How we pay Housing Benefit to you

More information about your claim.  You may have extra information that we did not take into account when we worked out your Benefit. You may think we have made a mistake. You could be suffering financial hardship.

• Can I have my claim paid from an earlier date than the date I applied?
• Can I apply for extra help with my rent on top of my Housing Benefit?
• How to appeal against our decision

Do you need help with your Benefit claim?

• Advice Agencies
• How to contact the Benefits Office