Housing Benefit
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This is a scheme to help people on low income with their rent. There are two types of assistance :
Rent Rebate - This is provided to help local authority tenants with their rent. If you qualify your rebate will be credited to your rent account.
Rent Allowance - This is provided to help anyone who has to pay a commercial rent to a private landlord or Housing Association. If you qualify payment can be made by cheque to you or if requested to your landlord, or payments can be made direct into bank accounts. Please note that this scheme will no longer apply to new claims for benefit made on or after 7th April 2008.
Local Housing Allowance - This is a new rent scheme which came into effect from 7th April 2008 . If you rent from a private landlord and make a new claim for benefit, move property to a privately rented address or have a break in you existing claim on or after that date your benefit entitlement will be based on the new Local Housing Allowance Rates. For more information on this whether you are a tenant or a private landlord click here
Benefit is only normally paid when you are living in the property. There are certain exceptions to this. Please see Benefit on Two Homes. or Temporary Absence
Please note that information on housing benefit paid is provided to HM Revenue and Customs yearly under section 35(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998.
- Who Can and Cannot Claim
- How is Benefit Worked Out
- Eligible Rent - will all of my rent be covered
- How Is Housing Benefit Paid?
- What Proofs Do I Need to Support My Claim
- How Do I Claim?
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