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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

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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.

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

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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

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