Housing Benefit


Make a Housing Benefit claim
How to make a Housing Benefit claim.

Who can claim Housing Benefit?
Find out if you can get Housing Benefit.

How your benefit is calculated
Details of how benefit entitlement is worked out.

What evidence do I need to provide?
Details on the information and evidence we need to process your claim.

Absence from your home
Information on the rules regarding absence from the home.

Housing Benefits overpayments
Information on benefit overpayments.

Under occupation and Housing Benefit
Information on under occupation and how this affects Housing Benefit.

Mixed age couples
Help with rent costs for couples where one person is pension age and the other is working age.