Universal Credit has been fully rolled out in North Tyneside. This is a government benefit that has replaced housing benefit for most working age claimants.
You can claim housing benefit to help you pay your rent if any of the following circumstances apply to you:
- you have reached pensionable age (and if you have a partner they have also reached pensionable age or, if your partner is under pensionable age, you are receiving Pension Credit)
- you have been assessed as homeless and placed in temporary accommodation by the local authority
- you are living in accommodation where you are provided with more than minimum care, support or supervision and your landlord is an English non-metropolitan county, a DWP funded resettlement hostel, a housing association, a registered charity or a voluntary organisation
Do you think your housing benefit decision is wrong?
If you think your housing benefit decision is wrong you can:
- ask us to explain how we made the decision
- ask us to revise the decision
- tell us if you want to appeal