Housing Benefit, Universal Credit and Council Tax Reduction

Apply for Council Tax Reduction if on Universal Credit and Housing Benefit. Also what to do if we pay you too much benefit.

Housing Benefit

Changes to Housing Benefit
Universal Credit has now been introduced across Brighton & Hove for people of working age. Find out if you can still apply for Housing Benefit
How and when we pay your Housing Benefit

Find out when you'll get your Housing Benefit if you're a claimant or a landlord, and how we'll pay it to you.
Weekly Housing Benefit rates for private tenants
Find out how we use Local Housing Allowance rates to work out your Housing Benefit, and which rate applies to you
More about Housing Benefit

Before you claim

Proof you need to provide to support your benefit claim
Find out which proofs we need to see when you make a new benefit claim, or make changes to your benefit claim
How to send us proof to support your benefit claim
When providing proof to support your benefit claim, it's best to send them to us by email.

Claiming benefits

Apply for a Council Tax Reduction
Check if you can get a reduction to your Council Tax and apply online.
Changes you need to tell us about if you claim benefits
You need to keep us up to date about changes to your income, rent, the people living with you and other things that affect the benefits you get
How people living with you can affect your benefits
Let us know if there are people living with you, as this may change the amount of benefit you get.
Housing Benefit Landlords and the landlord portal
Find out about Housing Benefit Landlords, how to register for the landlord portal, what to expect after you've registered and how to sign into the landlord portal.
Paying Housing Benefit straight to your landlord
If you have health, debt or other problems that make it difficult for you to pay rent to your landlord, you can ask us to pay your Housing Benefit straight to them
Benefit cap

Find out about the benefit cap and how it affects you.

Benefit overpayments

What happens when we pay you too much benefit
Find out what causes a benefit overpayment, and what to do if you get one.
How we recover overpaid Housing Benefit you owe
If you've been paid too much Housing Benefit, we'll reduce the weekly payments from your current claim until you've paid the money back
Reduce your benefit overpayment
Sometimes we can reduce the amount you need to pay back if your details weren't up to date at the time of the overpayment