Benefits and Money Advice
Housing Benefit
Your rent can be paid for you through housing benefit. If you are on a low income, you may be entitled to housing benefit to pay all or part of your rent.
You will not get this automatically if you are on other benefits. You must apply for Housing Benefit separately.
Claiming the right benefit is your responsibility. It is up to you to make your claim quickly and let the Housing Benefit Office know if your situation changes.
Your Housing Officer and our Welfare Benefits Officers can offer you advice and support about applying for Housing and other benefits. If you need help filling in the forms please tell us.
Don't forget that you must pay any part of your rent that is not covered by Housing Benefit.
How can I find out how much I owe?
Please note that your housing benefit is paid to us every four weeks in arrears. This may mean your rent account appears to be in arrears. Every month month we will send you a rent statement. This statement will show how much rent we charged you and how much you have paid.
You should always check your rent statement to make sure all the money you have paid has gone towards paying off what you owe but remember that if you made a payment in the last few days it may not yet have reached us.
If you think there is a mistake on your statement, let us know straight away. If you want to know how much you owe at any other time ask your Housing Officer or view your rent account online.
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