Housing Benefit (HB) is a means-tested benefit which is paid to people who pay rent for their home. They may have a low income or receive Job Seeker's Allowance, or Income Support.

Coronavirus information for Housing Benefit claimants

Popular

• Claiming benefits
• Calculating Housing Benefit
• Reporting changes

In this section

• Housing Benefit appeals
• Housing Benefit changes
• Local Housing Allowance
  for claims made after 7th April 2008
• Pre-tenancy determinations
  for claims made before 7th April 2008 and certain categories of claims made after 7th April 2008
• Landlords and agents of benefit claimants
  information for landlords and agents

Contact us

For more details about our opening hours and how to contact us, go to Merton Benefits Service contact page.

See also

Other Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support pages

• Claiming benefits
• My Tax and Benefits - manage your Housing Benefit claim online
• Benefit fraud
• How we pay benefits
• Benefit overpayments
• Discretionary housing payments
• Reporting changes
• Benefit appeals
• Council Tax Support
• Council Tax Benefit - see Council Tax Support

Other Merton pages

• Council Tax
• Benefits advice
• Money advice
• Family Services Directory
• Supporting People
• Financial assessment

Related websites

• Benefits adviser (GOV.UK)
  Find out if you are entitled to benefits and how much you might get
• Department for Work and Pensions website
• The Pension Service website
• HMRC Tax Credits website
• Help the Aged website
• MASCOT Telecare website
• Citizens Advice Bureau website