Help towards your rent

You can apply for housing benefit if you need financial help to pay your rent and:

Use our quick eligibility checker below to see if you are eligible to claim.

Housing Benefit eligibility checker 

If not, and you need help towards your rent, you will need to:

Apply for universal credit

Please note: Our benefits system is not available between 2am & 2.15am (Monday - Thursdays) and 2am & 4am (early Saturday mornings) to allow for maintenance to take place. Please do not use our benefits system between these times, as you may lose your data. Thank you.