Charnwood Borough Council

These payments provide extra Housing or Council Tax Benefit to be paid for up to 4 weeks where all of the following conditions are met:

• You or your partner start employment / self employment or increase your working hours (to 16 hours a week or more) or increase the amount of earnings
• You or your partner have been entitled to Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance (Income Based) which has stopped as a result of starting work or increasing hours or earnings
• The new job, increase in hours or earnings are expected to last for at least five weeks
• You or your partner satisfies the "26 week condition" which is that you have been entitled to Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance for a continuous period of 26 weeks
• You or your partner remain liable (or treated as liable) for the rent and/or Council tax during the Extended Payment period. This may include liability on a new address. If your rent liability ends then the Extended Payment will also end

Can I still apply for Housing and Council Tax Benefit?

You may still be entitled to Housing and or Council Tax Benefit after your Extended Payment has ended, we will contract you about this direct.

When you sign off at the Job Centre Plus office or tell the Department of Work and Pensions you no longer wish to claim, they will normally tell the Council and your entitlement to the Extended Payment will then be looked at .

How much will I be paid?

The Extended Payment will be awarded at the same amount of Housing and / or Council Tax Benefit you were being paid prior to he Extended Payment being awarded.

Extended Payments do not cover any rent-free periods.