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Housing Benefit

Payment of Housing Benefit

If you are a Council tenant, Housing Benefit will be paid directly to your rent account fortnightly.

If you live in private rented accommodation, you will receive a Housing Benefit payment every four weeks as in the table below.

Benefit payment dates
Rent period from Rent period to Payment date
01/04/2024 28/04/2024 30/04/2024
29/04/2024 26/05/2024 28/05/2024
27/05/2024 23/06/2024 25/06/2024
24/06/2024 21/07/2024 23/07/2024
22/07/2024 18/08/2024 20/08/2024
19/08/2024 15/09/2024 17/09/2024
16/09/2024 13/10/2024 15/10/2024
14/10/2024 10/11/2024 12/11/2024
11/11/2024 08/12/2024 10/12/2024
09/12/2024 05/01/2025 07/01/2025
06/01/2025 02/02/2025 04/02/2025
03/02/2025 02/03/2025 04/03/2025

03/03/2025

30/03/2025 01/04/2025