Housing Benefit Payments

Claimants whose rent is payable weekly will normally receive their Housing Benefit payments every 4 weeks in arrears. This amount we will be 4 x your weekly Housing Benefit award.

If your rent is payable monthly, we will pay you monthly, normally on the last Monday of the month. We pay in arrears, so the payment will cover the days in that month. If the Monday is a bank holiday we will pay on the next working day. When we first award you Housing Benefit, your first payment will normally cover a shorter period. This is to make sure you get your first payment quickly.

Your weekly Housing Benefit is multiplied by 52 weeks, then divided by the days in the year (normally 365, but 366 in a leap year), then multiplied by the number of days the payment covers.

Please see the example below:

Mr Smith's weekly Housing Benefit is £183.46.

His payment for August (a 31 day month) would be £810.24, and is worked out as follows:

£183.46 x 52 weeks = £9,539.92 per year£9,539.92 ¸ 365 days = £26.14 per day£26.14 x 31 days in August = £810.24 per calendar month

Mrs Jones' weekly Housing Benefit is £183.46.

Her payment for June (a 30 day month) would be £784.10, and is worked out as follows:

£183.46 x 52 weeks = £9,539.92 per year£9,539.92 ¸ 365 days = £26.14 per day£26.14 x 30 days in June = £784.10 per calendar month

February 2012 Payment.

If we pay you Monthly your February payment will be due to be paid into your Bank account on Monday 27.02.11. Please note as we pay you for the amount of days in the payment period and February is a 29 day month you will receive slightly lower payment than you receive in a 30 or 31 day month.

We may make the December payment a few days early, because of Christmas bank holidays, please check our website for up to date details.