Housing Benefit leaflets and publications
Leaflets
Our Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Booklets tell you about Housing and Council Tax Benefit and how it is worked out.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Explained 2011/2012 
(PDF 365KB) booklet includes the rates of benefit between April 2011 and March 2012.
We have a leaflet where you can find out more about;
- The changes to Housing Benefit from April 2011 (PDF 262KB).
- overpayments (PDF 154KB).
This leaflet tells you about the standard of service you can expect from us. What you can do to help us help you and what you can do if things go wrong.
- Housing Benefits service charter (PDF 251 KB)
For private tenants there is a leaflet explaining
- the role of the rent officer (PDF 66KB).
Our leaflet for landlords gives more information about landlord's rights and responsibilities.
- Landlords (PDF 128KB)
The following leaflets are about Local Housing Allowance
- A Guide to Local Housing Allowance LHA2 PDF 157KB
- Local Housing Allowance information for landlords LHA4 PDF 351KB
Sale and Rent Back
Normally you can not claim Housing Benefit for five years on a property you used to own. The only exception to this rule is if you had to sell the property and are renting from the new owner.
Always take advice, before selling your home. Citizens Advice Bureaus for example can give Debt Advice. The advice agency can discuss with you whether or not it is the best option for you and how to show the Housing Benefits office that you had to sell.
A link to a pdf leaflet produced by the Department of Work and Pensions is below.
- Advice for homeowners sale and rent back PDF 69 KB
Email this pageLast modified by: Jon Barnett on 10/06/2011