Council Tax Benefit

Council Tax Benefit is to help you pay your council tax.

To be able to get help, you must

• Have to pay council tax.
• Live in the home you are claiming for (you cannot get help with holiday or second homes).
• Have less than £16,000 in capital.
• Be getting a low wage or low income.

How much will I receive?

This will depend on:

• How much money you have coming in.
• How much capital you have (we do not count the home you live in).
• Who else lives with you and their income.
• Whether you have children.
• Whether anyone in your household is disabled.
• Whether you or you partner receive invalid care allowance for looking after someone.
• Whether you have recently been bereaved.
• Which council tax band your home is (if your home is a band F, G or H benefit is usually restricted to the amount payable on a band E property).

You can download a Housing and Council Tax Benefit application form here.

Free Welfare Benefit Check

If you would like to know if you are eligible for Council Tax Benefit or Housing Benefit call into a yourlink office or contact the Rents team today and ask for your free welfare benefit check.

Further information

For further information please contact our Rents Team:

 

	Write to: Blyth Valley Housing, Dinsdale House, Marine Terrace, Blyth, NE24 2LN.
	Telephone: (01670) 542121   Text us: 07950 08 09 08   Fax us: (01670) 542096
	RNID Typetalk service prefix number 18001
	Email: rents@blythvalley.gov.uk