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Housing Benefit: additional guidance manuals and good practice guides

This guidance is for local authority staff to process claims and administer Housing Benefit, including Local Housing Allowance.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
5 February 2016
Last updated:
30 April 2026
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  1. Added Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2025 to 2026 to collection page.

  2. Added link to updated 'Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2024 to 2025'.

  3. Added link to Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2023 to 2024.

  4. Added Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2022 to 2023 to the collection.

  5. Added 'Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2021 to 2022' to collection.

  6. Added link to Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2018 to 2019.

  7. Added link to LA guidance on 'Alternative ways to deliver Housing Benefit services'.

  8. Added link to Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2017 to 2018.

  9. Added link to 'Real Time Information (RTI) awareness aid for local authorities'.

  10. Added link to - Housing Benefit quality assurance process: good practice guide.

  11. First published.

These guidance manuals and good practice guides have been developed and produced for local authority staff to process claims and administer Housing Benefit, including Local Housing Allowance.

DWP is responsible for updating all the material and advising local authorities about any updates through our newsletter or bulletins.

Guidance manuals and good practice guides

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