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Housing Benefit

Help with your Housing Benefit claim

  • Check if you can get Housing Benefit
  • Check how much Housing Benefit you can get
  • Check if the Benefit Cap will affect your Housing Benefit
  • How to claim Housing Benefit
  • Check if a change affects your Housing Benefit

Problems with Housing Benefit

  • If your Housing Benefit is stopped or reduced
  • The council says you've had a Housing Benefit overpayment
  • Challenging a Housing Benefit decision
  • Appealing a Housing Benefit decision at a tribunal
  • Paying back a Housing Benefit overpayment

How an extra bedroom affects your Housing Benefit

  • Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit
  • Check if you’re allowed an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

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