Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support
Overview
If you pay rent and/ or Council Tax and you are on a low income, you may be eligible for some help with payment. You can claim by using the on-line form below.
Housing Benefit
Housing Benefit is help towards paying the rent for your home. You can claim housing benefit if you rent from a Housing Association or a private landlord. Housing benefit is means tested, which means the amount you receive will be calculated based on the amount of your income, capital (savings) and individual household circumstances. If you rent from a private landlord your benefit will be calculated under rules.
View your Housing Benefits online
View your Tenant's details online
Hardship fund
In March 2020 the government announced that they were allocating funds to each local authority to deliver hardship relief to council tax payers in their area due to the coronavirus. If you are experiencing difficulties in paying your council tax you can apply for support.
If you are already in receipt of council tax support, you would have automatically received a further council tax reduction from this hardship fund of up to £150.
For more information on the fund, visit hardship fund scheme details.
Council Tax Support
Council Tax Support is help towards paying your Council Tax bill. You can make a claim for Council Tax Support if you are the person liable to pay the council tax on the property in which you live. You must be the person who receives the council tax bill. Council Tax Support is means tested which means that the amount of help you receive will be calculated based on the amount of your income, capital (savings) and individual household circumstances.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support Claim form
Note - You can save your application at any point and return later if you do not have all the required information to hand.
If you already claim Housing Benefit or you are a landlord whose tenant claims Housing Benefit you can register to view certain information on our pages.
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