Advice Agencies and useful links
If you claim or want help with your rent and/or Council Tax, you may find some of these advice agencies and websites useful.
Housing Benefit
All pages relating to 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
Benefits
How to claim benefits, who to contact if you need help and where to get further advice.
Appeal against a benefit decision
If you disagree with a decision we've made about your benefit claim, you can challenge it
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
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.
Contact us about your private rented housing
Contact us if you need help with a private housing problem, or if you have a question about our private housing services.
Housing Benefit changes because of COVID-19
Information about more financial support for private tenants who get housing benefits during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.