Welfare Rights - Financial Advice
ListenYou can claim benefit if you are on a low income and receive state benefits; or if you are working full or part time, self-employed, or retired.
The amount of housing and/or council tax benefit you are awarded will depend on many factors, for example:
- How much rent you have to pay
- Your council tax liability
- How much income or capital and savings you or your partner have
- How many children you have
- Whether you have a partner
- If anyone in your household is disabled
- If you are under 25 and rent from a private landlord
- If you have any non-dependants in your household
You can use the Benefit Calculator to find out how much housing benefit or council tax benefit you may be entitled to.
Housing benefit cannot help with mortgage payments. If you own a property you may be able to get help with your interest payments on your mortgage if you are receiving certain benefits. For more information about this please use the link on the right to Directgov.
How is benefit paid?
If you rent from a housing association we will make payments either into your bank/building society account or we can make payments directly to your landlord.
If you are a private tenant we will normally only make payments directly into your bank/building society account. However, safeguards will be put in place to protect the vulnerable. Please see information on Local Housing Allowance to find out more about this
Your council tax benefit will be posted directly to your council tax account.
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