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 Help on Downloading PDFs(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;

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.

For private tenants there is a leaflet explaining

Our leaflet for landlords gives more information about landlord's rights and responsibilities.

The following leaflets are about Local Housing Allowance

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.







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Contact

Address
North London Business Park (NLBP)
Oakleigh Road South
London
N11 1NP
Phone Number
020 8359 2111
Text Number (SMS)
07781 473279
Fax Number
0871 911 6101
Typetalk
18001 020 8359 2111
Email
benefits@barnet.gov.uk