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Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support

  1. Claim Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Support
  2. Housing Benefit
  3. Council Tax Support
  4. Under occupancy calculator "bedroom tax"
  5. How is my Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support worked out?
  6. What money do you count when you work out my benefit?
  1. What happens if there are other people living with me?
  2. How long will it take you to work out my benefit?
  3. When will you pay my benefit?
  4. What happens if I'm self-employed?
  5. What evidence will I need to provide?
  6. Can I apply for my claim to be backdated?

Housing Benefit

You can make a claim for Housing Benefit if you:

  • pay rent to a private landlord or a Housing Association;
  • are a boarder whose rent includes meals;
  • live in a hostel;
  • live in a mobile home or a houseboat; or
  • are renting under a shared ownership arrangement.

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Benefits service

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 024 7683 1800

Visit: http://www.coventry.gov.uk/myaccount

Customer Service Centre
Broadgate House
Broadgate
Coventry
CV1 1FS

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