Housing benefit (new claim)
Your enquiries: getting help, advice and guidance
Please note: our Fenella building address is closed after Thursday 31 July 2008. If you have any queries about your benefit claim, please visit our surgeries around the borough.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit are means tested benefits, which help people on low incomes to pay their rent and Council Tax. Many people think only the unemployed can claim. You can claim if you are working, receiving benefits, self-employed or a pensioner.
You can claim Housing Benefit if you pay your rent to the council, a housing association or to a private landlord. If you are charged Council Tax you can claim Council Tax Benefit. If you pay your rent to the council, Housing Benefit is called a rent rebate. It is called rent allowance if you pay your rent to a housing association or a private landlord.
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- Who can claim?
- How to claim
- Help and advice on your claim
- How to get your claim processed faster
- When will you get paid?
- How we work out your benefit
- Benefit Award Letters
