Housing and council tax benefits
This section tells you how you can get help with paying your rent and Council Tax through the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit schemes.
We have to operate within the laws and guidelines laid down for these benefits by central government.
If you need more information please contact your benefit office.
If you require more information about paying your rent, please visit the council tenants or private tenants pages. If you wish to pay your rent online please visit our payments page.
Use the online calculator for an instant benefits estimate or find out more information about welfare rights and benefits.
- Do you need help paying your rent or Council Tax?
- What benefits can I claim?
- Who can claim Second Adult Rebate?
- How do I make a claim for housing benefit and/or council tax benefit?
- How is my claim worked out?
- What changes do I need to tell you about?
- What if I still have a shortfall in my rent?
- How do I claim backdated benefit
- Housing Benefit claims - what if things go wrong?
- Housing and council tax benefit fraud
- Apply for housing and council tax benefit online
- Apply for Housing and Council Tax Benefit
- Information for landlords of tenants receiving housing benefits
- Duties and responsibilities of landlords receiving housing benefit
- How do I dispute a benefits decision?
- Benefit service enquiry form
- Benefits Service comments and suggestions form
- Benefit fraud referral form
- Camden Benefits Services training request form
- The revenue service's monthly perfomance statistics
- The rent service
- Housing benefit - frequently asked questions (FAQ)
- Local Housing Allowance (LHA)
- Local housing allowance - information for private landlords