• Housing Benefit

  Get help with your Housing Benefit claim and find out what to do if you have any problems.

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  • Help on a low income
  • Help with your Housing Benefit claim
  • Problems with Housing Benefit
  • How an extra bedroom affects your Housing Benefit

• Discrimination in housing

  Check if you're being discriminated against in your housing and find out how to solve your problem.

  • In:
  • Housing
  • Checking if it's discrimination
  • Taking action

• Renting from the council or a housing association

  Get advice on social housing, including if you're being evicted.

  • In:
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  • Applying for social housing
  • During your tenancy
  • If you're being evicted

• Help with housing if you're from the EU

  Find out if you can get help with housing if you’re from the EU, European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland and you live in the UK.

  • In:
  • Housing

• Housing

  Get advice on renting, council tax, homelessness and problems where you live.

  • Coronavirus - if you have problems with renting
  • Renting privately
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  • Homelessness
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  • Discrimination in housing
  • Housing options for people leaving the Armed Forces, veterans and their families
  • Eviction for rent arrears
  • Moving and improving your home
  • Problems where you live
  • Help with housing if you're from the EU
  • Council tax

• Complaining about housing discrimination

  Complain about discrimination you've faced from a landlord, letting agent or someone else who’s involved in your housing.

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  • Discrimination in housing

• Getting your housing plan

  Find out when the council must give you a housing plan and what you can do if you disagree with the plan.

  • In:
  • Housing
  • Homelessness

• Gathering evidence about housing discrimination

  Get the facts and evidence to help you take action about discrimination in housing.

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  • Housing
  • Discrimination in housing

• How to claim Housing Benefit

  How to claim Housing Benefit, including if you can backdate your claim. How to claim a Discretionary Housing Payment too.

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  • Benefits
  • Help on a low income
  • Housing Benefit

• Challenging a Housing Benefit decision

  How to appeal if you've been refused Housing Benefit or your payments have been reduced.

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  • Benefits
  • Help on a low income
  • Housing Benefit

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