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Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Housing Benefit can help you pay your rent if you’re unemployed, on a low…
You may get help with all or part of your rent. There’s no set amount of…
You’ll need to provide some information and evidence to support your claim…
Housing Benefit is being replaced by Universal Credit. Most people will…
You need to report a change of circumstances for you and anyone else in…
Housing Benefit will not cover heating, hot water, energy or food. If you…
Toolkit for local authorities, housing providers and support organisations in the social rented sector, providing information on the removal of the spare room subsidy.
What happens to benefits if you or someone in your family goes to prison or is on remand.
Benefit payments and entitlement may change or stop if you, your partner…
You cannot get benefits if you go to prison, apart from: the housing…
You will not get the Universal Credit standard allowance if you’re in…
You may be able to continue getting Housing Benefit or make a claim for…
You will not count as an adult living in a property for Council Tax if…
Reporting changes You must tell the Tax Credit Office about changes that…
You can continue to claim Child Benefit when you’re in prison if: your…
Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) is no longer a benefit. It’s now only…
Information about Housing Benefit from your local council - apply to help pay your rent
What you can do with a UK residence card, also known as an EEA biometric residence card (BRC), report it lost or stolen, who can order a replacement.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing accommodation for employees
Help with term-time accommodation when you're studying away from home - what you'll get, eligibility, how to claim.
Renting a room in your home out - Rent a Room Scheme, types of tenancy or licence, rent, bills, tax and ending a letting
Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying.
Subsidy (S) circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
Find out the rules for transferring unused tax-free residence allowance to a surviving spouse or civil partner.
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
You can continue to get Housing Benefit for 2 weeks after you move to Universal Credit.
How to work out and apply the residence nil rate band (RNRB) for Inheritance Tax in different circumstances.
Find out more information on relocation expenses and benefits that qualify for exemption.
How to tax living accommodation given to employees.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Belgium, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
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