Apply for help with your rent
Who can claim housing benefit?
You can still apply for housing benefit if any of the following apply:
- you are of state pension age
- you live in supported or temporary accommodation
To make a claim you must:
- rent your home or pay rent as a tenant, lodger or boarder in a hostel or bed and breakfast
- be on a low income or qualify for other benefits
- have savings of less than £16,000
- live in the home you're claiming housing benefit for
In some circumstances you may be able to get housing benefit for two homes, including:
- you've moved into other rented accommodation due to fear of violence
- you're a large family and have been housed in two properties
- you've moved to a new home but have to continue paying rent on your old home