Housing Benefits
Who can claim Housing Benefits and how to claim.
- Already earn money from work? You must send us proof of the money you earn so we can work out your Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Reduction.
- Discretionary Housing Payments Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) provide customers with short term financial assistance where the Benefits Section consider that additional help with housing costs is needed. DHPs are not payments of benefit. They are free standing payments ...
- General Information Who can and cannot claim housing benefit and how to make a claim.
- Local Housing Allowance (LHA) Find out information about local housing allowance (LHA)
- Rules when Moving Home Information about what happens when you are claiming housing benefit and you move home.
- Welfare Reform from 2013 Housing Benefit is changing from April 2013 Find out if these changes will affect you and where you can get help and advice.
- Get your claim processed quickly Find out how you can get your claim processed quickly
- Help with Childcare Costs Find out about help with childcare costs
- How much Housing Benefit can I claim? Find out how much housing benefit you may be able to claim
- Other people living with you Details on what happens if you have friends, relatives or anyone over 18 living in your home.
- Self-Employed How benefits are calculated if you are self-employed.
- Students Claiming benefits if you are a student
- War Pensions Find out how your war pension will affect your benefit claim
