Housing Benefit
Payment of Housing Benefit
If you are a Council tenant, Housing Benefit will be paid directly to your rent account fortnightly.
If you live in private rented accommodation, you will receive a Housing Benefit payment every four weeks as in the table below.
Please note that cheques are sent by 2nd class post.
|
Rent period from |
Rent period to |
BACS date paid |
Cheque issue date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2026 | 03/05/2026 | 04/05/2026 | 01/05/2026 |
| 04/05/2026 | 31/05/2026 | 01/06/2026 | 29/05/2026 |
| 01/06/2026 | 28/06/2026 | 29/06/2026 | 26/06/2026 |
| 29/06/2026 | 26/07/2026 | 27/07/2026 | 24/07/2026 |
| 27/07/2026 | 23/08/2026 | 24/08/2026 | 21/08/2026 |
| 24/08/2026 | 20/09/2026 | 21/09/2026 | 18/09/2026 |
| 21/09/2026 | 18/10/2026 | 19/10/2026 | 16/10/2026 |
| 19/10/2026 | 15/11/2026 | 16/11/2026 | 13/11/2026 |
| 16/11/2026 | 13/12/2026 | 14/12/2026 | 11/12/2026 |
| 14/12/2026 | 10/01/2027 | 11/01/2027 | 08/01/2027 |
| 11/01/2027 | 07/02/2027 | 08/02/2027 | 05/02/2027 |
| 08/02/2027 | 07/03/2027 | 08/03/2027 | 05/03/2027 |
| 08/03/2027 | 04/04/2027 | 05/04/2027 | 02/04/2027 |
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