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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
When you have a Housing Benefit claim, we usually pay money into your own account, but sometimes we can arrange to pay it straight to your landlord.
We'll do this if you:
Let us know that you'd like your Housing Beneft paid straight to your landlord by emailing us at housing.benefits@brighton-hove.gov.uk
You need to include supporting information to show why we should arrange this, to help us with our decision. This information can be from:
We'll send you a letter to let you know our decision and what to do next.
If we find that you're over eight weeks behind with paying your rent, we'll have to pay your Housing Benefit straight to your landlord even if you don't ask us to.
When this happens: