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.
|
Rent period from |
Rent period to |
BACS date paid |
Cheque date paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/03/2025 | 06/04/2025 | 31/03/2025 | 28/03/2025 |
| 07/04/2025 | 04/05/2025 | 05/05/2025 | 02/05/2025 |
| 05/05/2025 | 01/06/2025 | 02/06/2025 | 30/05/2025 |
| 02/06/2025 | 29/06/2025 | 30/06/2025 | 27/06/2025 |
| 30/06/2025 | 27/07/2025 | 28/07/2025 | 25/07/2025 |
| 28/07/2025 | 24/08/2025 | 25/08/2025 | 22/08/2025 |
| 25/08/2025 | 21/09/2025 | 22/09/2025 | 19/09/2025 |
| 22/09/2025 | 19/10/2025 | 20/10/2025 | 17/10/2025 |
| 20/10/2025 | 16/11/2025 | 17/11/2025 | 14/11/2025 |
| 17/11/2025 | 14/12/2025 | 15/12/2025 | 12/12/2025 |
| 15/12/2025 | 11/01/2026 | 12/01/2026 | 09/01/2026 |
| 12/01/2026 | 08/02/2026 | 09/02/2026 | 06/02/2026 |
| 09/02/2026 | 08/03/2026 | 09/03/2026 | 06/03/2026 |
| 09/03/2026 | 05/04/2026 | 06/04/2026 | 03/04/2026 |
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