You can make a claim for housing benefit with us if you pay rent
to the City of London or pay rent to a private landlord or housing
association and live within the 'Square Mile'.
If you are claiming both housing benefit and
council tax benefit you only have to fill out one form.
Download housing benefit and council tax benefit
claim form (867kb)
Benefit usually starts from the Monday following the date a
claim is received at this office but it can start from the date you
first contacted us if we receive your claim within a month of this
first contact.
If you pay rent to the City of London but live outside
the 'Square Mile' in the London Boroughs of Hackney,
Islington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets your
claim for council tax benefit must be made to the council in whose
area you live.
If you are not sure whether you are entitled to claim housing
benefit or council tax benefit you can find out more about these
benefits on our
FAQs pages.
Click here to see our
Benefits
Calculator.
If you want to speak to us directly our details are on the
contacts page.