Housing Benefit 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 2007/2008 
(PDF 794KB) booklet includes the rates of benefit between April 2007 and March 2008
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Explained 2008/2009 (PDF 461KB) booklet explains changes to Housing Benefit from April 2008 and includes the rates of benefit between April 2008 and March 2009
We have leaflets where you can find out more about
- appeals (PDF 693KB) and
- 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
