Lewisham Council Homepage Login / Register Services Mayor and Council In my area Search Home Services Benefits Housing benefit Listen Tell us about a benefit change You are about to tell us about a change in your circumstances affecting your housing benefit. Do you have an account? Usually, we ask you to create an online benefit account before you apply. But our system is overloaded at the moment because of COVID-19. If you do not have an online benefit account, please just fill out the form using the link below. If you already have an account, you can still access your account to complete forms and view your personalised benefit information. Ready to begin? The application form should take between 10 and 20 minutes to complete. You will need to have your personal and change details ready. Tell us about a change of circumstance Complete forms and view your personalised benefit information (if you already have an account) Evidence Upload scanned evidence of your change or do this later. What happens next We will send you an email confirmation. We will implement the change in your benefit claim within 10 working days if we have received all evidence required. We will contact you if we need more evidence If you already sent us a change of circumstances: Upload additional evidence View your benefit claim details online Are you a landlord? Change in circumstances / evidence form for landlords In this section Applying for housing benefit Changes in circumstances View your benefit account online What affects your claim Disputing decisions Under-occupation Local housing allowance Discretionary housing payments Backdating claims Service standards Overpayments How to send us evidence How helpful did you find this page? Send us a message if there’s a problem with our website. Share page Share by email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share Find out more about us News and updates Jobs Interactive map Accessibility About this site Contact us Copyright 2021 © Lewisham Council. Top

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