Benefits

• Applying for benefits
  How to apply for Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support. Download a claim form
• Benefits online self service
  Online services including e-notifications, Housing Benefit payments and viewing your account online.
• Benefits calculator
  Quickly estimate your Housing Benefit
• Changes of circumstances
  Change of name, personal circumstances, moving home, change in earnings, people living with you
• Disagreeing with a decision
  Getting more information about our decisions, disputing our decisions
• Claiming Universal Credit
  Information about claiming Universal Credit
• Discretionary housing payments
  What are Discretionary housing payments? Who can claim? How do I apply?
• Housing Benefit explained
  Can I claim Housing Benefit? How is it calculated?
• Housing Benefit overpayments
  What are overpayments, recovery of overpayments, making arrangements to repay overpayments
• Housing Benefit reviews
  Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative. Online review forms.
• Housing Benefit information for landlords
• Housing Benefit information for third parties
• Moving to Universal Credit
  Information about changes which may mean you will need to claim Universal Credit instead of Housing Benefit
• Reporting fraud
  Report fraud online and our policies
• Universal Credit
• Benefits privacy notice
  The Benefit Department privacy notice