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Toolkit for local authorities, housing providers and support organisations in the social rented sector, providing information on the removal of the spare room subsidy.
This information is for local authority staff who process claims and administer Housing Benefit, including Local Housing Allowance.
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.
If you’re eligible for Universal Credit, you can get an extra amount of…
If you’re eligible for Universal Credit you can get help towards your rent…
If you’re eligible for Universal Credit you can get help paying your rent…
You could get a Universal Credit payment to help you pay for service…
If you already get Universal Credit, apply for support with housing costs…
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2025/26 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
Subsidy (S) circulars are about the money the government pays local authorities to administer Housing Benefit and other financial matters.
This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.
Details on the conditions councils must meet to receive scheme grants. Includes how and when funding payments are reconciled, including across council boundaries.
Adjudication circulars (A circulars) provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
Guidance for accountable bodies for English Investment Zones wishing to award grant subsidies under the English Investment Zones Subsidy Scheme.
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