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
• Benefits Calculator

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?
• 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?
• Change in 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?
• Rent restrictions - private
• What counts as Capital and how does it affect my Benefit?
• How we pay Housing Benefit to you
• Rent restrictions - social

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

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