You can apply for housing benefit if you need financial help to pay your rent and you:
- are of state pension age (find out more about changes that affect couples where one has reached state pension age and the other has not)
- live in supported accommodation
- live in temporary homeless accommodation arranged by the council
To see what support you might get, please use the benefits calculator - the estimate given is not guaranteed and may vary when you make a claim.
If you think you are eligible for housing benefit, please use our check tool below and apply:
Check your eligiblity and apply for housing benefit
If you are not eligible for housing benefit, but still need help paying 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.
