The Housing Executive - Making a claim for Housing Benefit

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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/housing-help/housing-benefit/appeals"> <span class="secondary_content-nav-link-offset">Appeals</span> </a> </li> <li class="secondary_content-nav-item "> <a class="secondary_content-nav-link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/housing-help/housing-benefit/non-uk-irish-nationals"> <span class="secondary_content-nav-link-offset">Information for Non-UK / Irish nationals</span> </a> </li> <li class="secondary_content-nav-item "> <a class="secondary_content-nav-link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/housing-help/housing-benefit/lone-pensioner-allowance"> <span class="secondary_content-nav-link-offset">Lone Pensioner Allowance</span> </a> </li> <li class="secondary_content-nav-item "> <a class="secondary_content-nav-link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/housing-help/housing-benefit/self-employed-income"> <span class="secondary_content-nav-link-offset">Self-employed Income</span> </a> </li> <li class="secondary_content-nav-item "> <a class="secondary_content-nav-link" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/housing-help/housing-benefit/housing-benefit-online-forms"> <span class="secondary_content-nav-link-offset">Housing Benefit online forms</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </header> <div class="secondary_content-main_area"> <div> <div class="editor widget"><h1 style="font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 30px;"><strong>Qualifying for Housing Benefit</strong></h1><p id="isPasted">You may qualify for Housing Benefit if you:</p><ul><li>live in Northern Ireland.</li><li>Are on a low income or claim benefits; and</li><li>have housing costs (rent and/or rates) for a property you live in as your main home.</li></ul><p>You can only make a new claim for Housing Benefit if:</p><ul><li>You are of State Pension Credit age or older (if you have a partner you both need to be of  pensionable age to apply for Housing Benefit);</li><li>You live in temporary accommodation that the Housing Executive has placed you in; or </li><li>You live in supported accommodation (including sheltered housing for older people).</li></ul><p>To check if you are State Pension Credit age, please visit:</p><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-age" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">State Pension Credit Age</a>  </li></ul><h2 style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;">Completing a claim for Housing Benefit</h2><p id="isPasted">There is one Housing Benefit application form for all tenure types. This includes if you are:</p><ul><li>A Housing Executive tenant;</li><li>A Housing Association tenant;</li><li>An Owner Occupier;</li><li>A Private Rented tenant;</li><li>A Hostel Resident;</li><li>Placed in temporary accommodation by the Housing Executive or Social Services; or</li><li>Placed in a hotel or bed and breakfast accommodation.</li></ul><p>If you would like to claim Housing Benefit, the easiest way to apply is by using our online form. </p><p>It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.</p><p>Once you have completed and submitted the application form, it will be sent directly to your local Housing Benefit Unit for assessment. </p><p>If you provide details of your email address, you will also receive an automated email receipt.</p><p><strong>Before you make the claim please read our section 'Completing the form' (on this page).</strong></p><p>Click the button below to start your claim.</p></div> <div class="widget"> <a class="cta contact_us-cta" href="//web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://hbform.nihe.gov.uk/Viewer-VicForms.asp?user=anon&Form=NIHE%20Custom%20Housing%20Benefit%20Application%20Form%20(1.0).wdf"> Claim Housing Benefit Online <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512" style="enable-background:new 0 0 512 512;"> <path d="M256,0l-45.1,45.1L389.4,224H0v64h389.4L210.9,466.9L256,512l256-256L256,0z"></path> </svg> </a> </div> <div class="editor widget"><h2 style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"> </h2><h2 style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;"><strong>Other ways to claim Housing Benefit:</strong></h2><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">download the <a href="/web/20230303030032/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/getattachment/9ac21774-a63c-4113-90f0-146aa94a910c/HB1-Housing-Benefit-claim-form.pdf">Housing Benefit Claim Form</a> (PDF 1MB)</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">visit any Housing Executive office to pick up a form</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">phone Housing Benefit on <a href="tel:03448920902">03448 920 902</a> | NGT (Next Generation Text): 18001 03448 920 902 and ask for a form</li></ul><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Once you have completed your Housing Benefit form, please return it to us. Find your nearest:</p><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://nihe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Shortlist/index.html?appid=208beac9a6254701a3880c06a727bb60">Housing Executive office</a> or</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://nihe.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Shortlist/index.html?appid=208beac9a6254701a3880c06a727bb60">Housing Benefit unit</a></li></ul><h2 style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 16px;">Completing the form <a id="complete-the-form" name="complete-the-form"></a></h2><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Before you start, please read the information below in the following sections:</p><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;"><strong>Proof of identity required</strong> and</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;"><strong>Evidence required</strong></li></ul><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">You do not need to provide proof of your identity if you:</p><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Are a Housing Executive tenant;</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Are a housing association tenant;</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Are homeless and a Full Duty Applicant (FDA);</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Have received Housing Benefit in the last three years; or</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Are receiving:<ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Income Support</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Jobseekers Allowance (Income Based)</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Employment and Support Allowance (Income Related)</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Guarantee Pension Credit</li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Universal Credit</li></ul></li></ul><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">You must read the other sections on this page before completing the Housing Benefit form.</p><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><br></p><h3 style="line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Proof of identity required</h3><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:-10px;">You will need to supply proof of you and your partner’s (if applicable) identity:</p></div> <div class="widget"> <h2 class="collapsible_panel-group-title"></h2> <div class="collapsible_panel-group"> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Primary - supply one of the following</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">You must provide a valid form of photographic identity from the following list:</p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Passport*</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">NI / GB / Ireland driving licence</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">National identity card from an EU member state</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Electoral identity card</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Translink over 60 Smartpass</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Translink Senior Smartpass</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Translink Y-Link Card</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Construction Skills Identity Card</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Student card</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Work pass issued by a government Department, Agency or Local Authority</li> </ul> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><strong>*EEA nationals or other world nationals must produce a passport or European National Identity Card.</strong></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Secondary - supply two of the following</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Supply two of the following:</p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">birth certificate</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">credit / debit card</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">bank statement</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">divorce / annulment papers</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Home Office Standard Acknowledgement Letter</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">identity card issued by an EC / EEA member state</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">letter from solicitor / social worker / probation officer / Inland Revenue / PSNI</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">life assurance or insurance policies</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">marriage certificate</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">medical card</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">National Insurance Number card</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">UK Residence Permit</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">utility bill for previous quarter</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">wage slip from current employer</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">current and valid driving licence (not NI / GB / RoI)</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="editor widget"><h3 style="font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin-top:-30px;margin-bottom:16px;">Evidence required</h3> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:-10px;">You will need to supply evidence to support your claim for Housing Benefit. Please check the details below.</p> </div> <div class="widget"> <h2 class="collapsible_panel-group-title"></h2> <div class="collapsible_panel-group"> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Capital, savings and investments</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Statements and books which show bank account details for at least the last three months. This includes accounts you hold with a bank, building society, credit union and/or post office</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Premium Bonds, National or Ulster Savings Certificates , ISAs, stocks, shares and unit trusts</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Confirmation of ownership of all property (letter from solicitor or mortgage holder)</li> </ul> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">We need evidence of Capital, Savings and Investments if the total for you and your partner is:</p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">more than £5,000 if you are aged between 16 and State Pension age; or</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">£9,000 if you are of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-age">Pension Credit age</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Earnings</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><strong>If you are working:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">your last five weekly, three fortnightly or two monthly payslips; or</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">a certificate of earnings (this is within HB PDF form) signed by your employer</li> </ul> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><strong>If you are self-employed:</strong><del cite="mailto:Heather%20Ross" datetime="2021-02-12T14:31"> </del></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">complete the online <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://hbform.nihe.gov.uk/Viewer-VicForms.asp?user=anon&Form=Self%20Employed%20Income%20(1.0).wdf">Self Employed income form</a>; <strong>or</strong></li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">provide your most recent yearly accounts; <strong>or</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">a completed <a href="/web/20230303030032/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/Documents/Housing-Benefit/HB-self-employment-SE1.aspx">Self-employed Income Form</a> ( PDF 838 kB),<strong> and</strong></li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">business bank account statements for the past two months</li> </ul> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">For more information, visit our section on:</p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;"><a href="/web/20230303030032/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/housing-help/housing-benefit/self-employed-income">Self- Employed Income</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Benefits and allowances</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">You must notify us if:</p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">a third child (or more) joined your household after 11 May 2017; <strong>and</strong></li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">they are included in your Child Tax Credit notification</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Pensions</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Provide confirmation of private or occupational pension for you and your former partner / spouse.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Other income</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Court order award notices or Child Support Agency letters giving details of maintenance</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Confirmation of parental maintenance if no court order is in place</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Letters confirming student grants and loans</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Childcare</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><strong>We will consider payments for childcare when calculating Housing Benefit.  </strong></p> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">You must make childcare payments to one of the following:</p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">a registered child minder, nursery or play scheme</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">a foster parent providing childcare to a child other than their own foster child</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">a domiciliary care worker</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">out of school hours service provided by a school on school premises</li> <li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">a person who carries out the care in the child’s home and is not a relative of the child. A childminding certificate is not required in this instance</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Proof we will need</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">We will need proof that you make payments for childcare including:</p> <ul> <li> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">a childminding certificate of registration (see final point above)</p> </li> <li> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">confirmation from your child care provider(s) detailing the name(s) of the child(ren) they look after</p> </li> <li> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">proof of payments.</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Private rent and tenancy</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Your landlord or their agent should complete the online:</p> <ul> <li> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://hbform.nihe.gov.uk/Viewer-VicForms.asp?user=anon&Form=NIHE%20Certificate%20of%20Occupation%20(1.0).wdf">Certificate of Occupation</a></p> </li> </ul> <p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">In exceptional circumstances we will accept the tenancy agreement signed by you and by your landlord or their agent.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible_panel"> <button class="collapsible_panel-trigger" type="button"> <h3 class="collapsible_panel-title">Rates Liability (owner occupiers only)</h3> <div class="collapsible_panel-trigger-icon"> <svg version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px" viewbox="0 0 512 512"> <path d="M512,284.8v-57.5l-227.2,0V0h-57.5v227.2L0,227.2l0,57.5h227.2V512h57.5V284.8H512z"></path> </svg> </div> </button> <div class="collapsible_panel-collapsible"> <div class="collapsible_panel-content"> <div class="editor"> <p>If you own and occupy your home, you must provide your most recent rate bill from Land and Property Services showing your annual rate charge.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="editor widget"><h3 style="font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:16px;">Backdating Housing Benefit claims</h3><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">We can backdate your claim for up to one month if you:</p><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">are aged between 16 years old and State Pension age: <strong>and</strong></li><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">can show us ‘good cause’ prevented you making a claim (like an illness)</li></ul><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">We can backdate your claim for up to three months if you:</p><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">are of <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://www.gov.uk/state-pension-age">state pension credit age</a></li></ul><h3 style="line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Submitting evidence for Housing Benefit</h3><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">To submit evidence for your Housing Benefit claim please click on the link below and complete the form:</p><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230303030032/https://hbform.nihe.gov.uk/Viewer-VicForms.asp?user=anon&Form=Evidence%20Attachment%20Form%20(1.0).wdf">Submit Housing Benefit evidence online</a></li></ul><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Or you can bring it to your nearest Housing Executive office</p><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Any delay in sending your evidence will slow down your application and may mean you miss out on help.</p><h3 style="line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">Change in Circumstances</h3><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><strong>You must tell us if you have a change in your circumstances. </strong></p><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;">You have to do this even if you are waiting to find out if you will get Housing Benefit. If there are any changes after you get Housing Benefit you must also tell us immediately.</p><p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Find out more about what you need to do our section:</p><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;"><a href="/web/20230303030032/https://www.nihe.gov.uk/housing-help/housing-benefit/what-to-do-if-your-circumstances-change">Change in circumstances</a></li></ul><h3 style="line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;">Housing Benefit payment</h3><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><strong>Housing Benefit payments usually start from the Monday after we receive your application. </strong></p><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><strong>We pay Housing Benefit in the following ways:</strong></p><ul><li style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.625; margin-bottom: 16px;"><strong>For Housing Executive tenants </strong>it is paid each week to your rent and rates account</li><li id="isPasted"><strong>For housing association tenants or tenants living in the private rented sector</strong> it can be paid to you every 2 weeks (in arrears). Alternatively, it can be paid to your private landlord, letting agent or housing association every 4 weeks in arrears.</li><li><p>For Owner Occupiers: the Housing Executive will credit your Housing Benefit award directly to your rate account with Land and Property Services and you will not receive any payments directly from the Housing Executive.<br> <br>Housing Benefit and Rate Relief for owner occupiers is paid in advance to the end of the rating year in one of these ways:</p><p>    - A lump sum for the whole rating year 1 April to 31 March; or<br>    - From the start of your claim to the end of the rating year (31 March).<br> <br>If your Housing Benefit and Rate Relief entitlement changes during the year, the amount you have to pay to Land and Property Services could increase or decrease.</p></li></ul><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"> </p><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:1.625;margin-bottom:16px;"><strong>The information in this section is for 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