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Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Housing Benefit can help you pay your rent if you’re unemployed, on a low…
You may get help with all or part of your rent. There’s no set amount of…
You’ll need to provide some information and evidence to support your claim…
Housing Benefit is being replaced by Universal Credit. Most people will…
You need to report a change of circumstances for you and anyone else in…
Housing Benefit will not cover heating, hot water, energy or food. If you…
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
If you’re eligible for Universal Credit, you can get an extra amount of…
If you’re eligible for Universal Credit you can get help towards your rent…
If you’re eligible for Universal Credit you can get help paying your rent…
You could get a Universal Credit payment to help you pay for service…
If you already get Universal Credit, apply for support with housing costs…
Information about Housing Benefit from your local council - apply to help pay your rent
Subsidy (S) circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
This series brings together information regarding Local Housing Allowance.
Tables showing the method used to produce the Local Housing Allowance rates in accordance with statute.
You can continue to get Housing Benefit for 2 weeks after you move to Universal Credit.
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