Housing benefits

Making a housing benefit claim

You can now claim housing benefit by completing a claim form online (provided by the Department for Work and Pensions).

There are notes at the start of the claim form on how to complete the form and where to send it; if you don't have a printer you can email a copy to your local authority.

Click here to complete online housing benefit claim form. *Please remember to save a copy of the confirmation for your own records.

Useful links

The following websites may help you claim the right Welfare/Housing Benefits:

• DWP www.dwp.gov.uk
• Job Centre Plus Office www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
• Citizens Advice Bureau http://www.adviceguide.org.uk
• Welfare Benefits Descriptions www.welfarerights.net
• Free online HB calculator www.oxford.gov.uk/web%2Dben%2Dcalc
• Disability Benefits Alliance www.disabilityalliance.org
• Shelter http://england.shelter.org.uk/home

If you need further information, please contact Jill Fernandez, Housing benefit Adviser on 020 8548 2566, or email jfernandez@springboardha.org.uk

Click here to submit your housing benefit query online.