Housing Benefit overpayments

Housing Benefit in payment

If you are still receiving Housing Benefit we may take an amount from your future Housing Benefit payments to claim back the money you have been overpaid. We will write and tell you before we do this and we will tell you how much we are going to take.

No Housing Benefit

If you are no longer receiving Housing Benefit, we will send you an invoice for the amount you have been overpaid.

You can repay the overpayment:

• in full, which you can pay online.
• by setting up a monthly Direct Debit, please contact the Housing Benefit Overpayment Team
• in instalments using various payment options. To make use of this method, you must ring the Housing Benefit Overpayment Team to set up an arrangement

The ways in which you can set up repayment of the overpayment yourself are explained below:

Online

You can pay online at any time. You will need your invoice number and your debit or credit card details.

Direct Debit

We now offer payment via a monthly Direct Debit, please contact us on 024 7683 4098 in order to set this.

Phone

You can pay at any time by calling our payments line on 024 7678 7778. You will need your invoice number and your debit or credit card details.

Payment machines

Payment machines are available at the Customer Service Centre.

Bank - internet or telephone banking

You can pay using online banking if you are registered for it, or your own bank's telephone system. You will need:

• your invoice number
• our sort code: 56-00-45
• our account number: 38490927

Bank - in person

If you have a bank or Post Office account, you can pay at your local branch (except HSBC and Yorkshire Bank). Take your invoice number and your debit or credit card details.

By post

Cheques should be made payable to Coventry City Council. Please write your invoice number, name and address on the back.

Please post to Revenues and Benefits, Coventry City Council, PO Box 15, Council House, Coventry, CV1 5RR. Please note this is a postal address only.