Housing Benefit

• in brief
• in detail
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• Filling in the form

  You may not have to fill in all parts of the form, but you must fill in the parts that apply to you.

• Sending in your form

• Overpayments

  Overpayments occur if we decide we should have been paying a lower amount of benefit.

• Proof of your details

• Housing Benefit appeals

  If you have applied for or are getting housing benefit, this section will tell what you can do if you think a decision is wrong.

• Going away

  You will need to let us know if you are going away from home, as this may affect your housing benefit.

• Newham Benefits Service

  The Benefits Service's aim is to be the best benefits service in London.

• Magnificent 7 fact sheet translations

  The Magnificent 7 fact sheet has been translated into a range of community languages.

• Discretionary Housing Payments

  Here you can find out about discretionary housing payments, who may be eligible, and how to claim.

• Changes in your circumstances

  You need to tell us about anything that might affect your housing benefit of council tax benefit. Please let us know straight away, otherwise you may lose your benefit.

• Claiming Housing Benefit in Newham

  To get housing benefit you have to make a claim in writing on one of our claim forms.

• Working Out the Local Housing Allowance

• Benefit forms

  The forms on this page are available for you to download and print out. Please complete and return to us.

• Local Housing Allowance

• Paying your Housing Benefit

• Discretionary payments to landlords under the LHA

• Local Housing Allowance Rates

• FAQs