Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction are for people who need help paying their rent and council tax. You can only make a claim for Housing Benefit if you are over pension age or are living in supported/temporary or emergency accommodation.
If you want to claim for Council Tax Reduction, and are:
- of Pension Age you can make a claim here
- of Working Age and you are NOT in receipt of Universal Credit you can make a claim here
- of Working Age and ARE in receipt of Universal Credit you can make a claim here and you will need to enter a quick code of 658B7R
If you want to claim Housing benefit and are:
- of Pension Age, you can make a claim here
- of Working Age and live in supported/temporary/emergency accommodation, you can make a claim here
- of Working Age and not living in supported/temporary/emergency accommodation, you will need to contact Universal Credit as they can award a Housing element to help with your rent
For more information please see Who can Get Housing Benefit
You may be asked to send or upload further details in support of your claim. Please note we will be unable to work out any help until these are provided.
If you are self employed and do not have annual accounts you will need to complete a self employed income and expenses form in addition to your application.
You may be able to upload evidence when making your claim but if you are unable to please use our contact us form or you can send them to Benefits Service, Wealden District Council, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2AX . If you post the evidence we will need to see original documents but we will send these back to you as soon as possible.
If you are unsure about a question asked by the online form please view our online claim help page.
You can make a claim online based on the Signed authority from Chief Executive for Wealden District Council to use electronic facilities for benefit claims Executive Direction