Homepage Housing Benefits and Council Tax Online New Claim NEW CLAIM ONLY You can now apply for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction on-line. Please do not use to report a change in your circumstances. Please contact the Council for advice on 01159177777 if you wish to report a change in your/your household circumstances. However if you are of working age you will need to claim Universal Credit if you need help with your rental liability, unless you fall into one of the following exempt categories; 1. Tenants in exempt supported or temporary accommodation 2. Those of state Pension age (in the case of a couple both must be of state pension age) Before you complete your online application you may need some or all of the following documents: DWP / HMRC / Pension Service Award Letters Wage Slips (If you are in employment) Bank / Building Society Statements (If Applicable) Copies of any Private Pensions Tenancy Agreement / Rent Book (If Applicable) In most cases, once you have these documents to hand you can scan or take a photo of them and upload them to your application. You can also do this if you have the relevant documents in electronic format. Please answer all the questions that apply to you as the form will be specific to you dependent upon the answers you provide. This includes the documents and evidence you will be asked to upload. You can save your application at any point and return to it later. Just click Save and enter your email address when prompted. Once you have completed the application and provided the documents we require, we will verify your application and contact you again to tell you if you are eligible for Housing Benefit or Council Tax Reduction and how much you may receive. In order to complete your claim we require some of your personal data. We will only use the data supplied in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). For information on how we process and store your personal data see our privacy notice. Start again Next Save & Exit Sections General My Claim My Household About Me My Contact Details My Previous Details My Circumstances My Disabilities My Home - Where I live My Home - My Property Details Backdating/Other Information My Declaration My Evidence Privacy Notice All information collected will be used by Broxtowe Borough Council for the intended purpose(s) only. Your personal details will not be shared with other organisations unless otherwise stated or the Council is legally required to do so. You may contact the Council if you wish to stop us using your personal data for these purposes. For more information on our privacy notice please view our privacy notice (opens in a new window). CONTACT US ACCESSIBILITY LEGAL & PRIVACY WEBSITE FEEDBACK FIND US Council Offices, Foster Avenue, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, NG9 1AB © Broxtowe Borough Council 2020