Housing and Council Tax Benefits
How to claim
You must fill in a claim form to get housing benefit. You can use the same form to claim council tax benefit. You must return the form to us straight away, otherwise you may lose benefit. You can send any proofs we need later.
You can claim benefit by either:
- Filling in our claim form, which you can pick up from any of the addresses provided on our contact details on this website or Local Service Addresses
- Calling into our office where you can get help filling in the form (
PDF 553K). If you are making a claim for Income Support, Job seekers Allowance or Incapacity Benefit, you must claim housing benefit and council tax benefit at the Job Centre - Asking us to visit you if you are unwell or unable to leave the house, visiting and welfare team; or
- Getting independent advice and help from various agencies
The claim form is quite long as we have to ask a lot of questions. This is to make sure we have the right information to give you the correct benefit entitlement.
Claim form for housing benefit and council tax benefit PDF 196K
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