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How To Claim Housing Benefit
Claimants in receipt of Income Support / Income-Based Jobseeker's Allowance / Pension Credits
At the same time that you claim the above
benefits, you will be asked if you would like to claim
Housing / Council Tax Benefit. The Dept. for Work and Pensions
(DWP) office will usually collate most of the information we need
and will send you a form to sign and return to us.
Other claimants
If you are employed or self-employed, pensioner etc. and not
in receipt of the above benefits then you can obtain an application
from the council. As benefit cannot, normally, be backdated this
should be returned to the council as quickly as possible with all
the evidence of income, rent etc. that is requested.
If you are unable to visit one of our offices because of
illness or disability and need help to complete your benefit claim
form, we can provide a home visit to help you.
Making a new claim
The form to claim housing and/or council tax
benefit asks a lot of questions, which are necessary to make sure
you receive all the benefit that you are entitled to and to ensure
we make the correct decision on your claim.
You will be asked to provide evidence in support of your
claim, details of which can be found in the leaflet 'Making a new claim'.
Forms can be obtained from
Revenues
and Benefits Service
Scottsdale House
Springfield Avenue
Harrogate HG1 2HR
Opening Hours - 8.30 am to 4.30 pm - Monday to Friday
The Town Hall, Market Square,
Ripon
Monday/Thursday/Friday
9.30 am to 4.30 pm
Knaresborough House, High Street,
Knaresborough
Tuesday/Wednesday
9.30 am to 4.30 pm
By Telephone:
Housing and Council Tax Benefit
Tel: 01423 556455
By Email:
By Downloading a Form:
You can download and print a form using the link below.
Complete the form and post it to us.
Claim Form (175k PDF)
Additional
Information (86k PDF)
Making an online claim
Use the link below to complete a claim form online from our
website and submit the form directly to us.
To protect your privacy all information you enter on
the form is encrypted.
Please note: If you have capital of £16,000 or more you
will not be entitled to benefit (unless you are getting
Pension Credit - Guarantee).