Housing Benefit

How are Housing Benefit payments made?

Council tenants

• Payments will be made weekly to your rent account (apart from rent free weeks)

 

Private tenants

•  Payments will be made every two weeks into your bank account

 

Housing Association tenants

• Payments will be made every two weeks into your bank account
• You can choose to have it paid to your landlord every four weeks

 

We may pay landlords directly if:

• You’re 8+ weeks behind on rent
• You have trouble managing money
• You're unlikely to pay rent