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housing benefit

British

noun

social welfare (in Britain) a payment made by a local authority in the form of a rent rebate to a council tenant or a rent allowance to a private tenant

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Dawson Housing was being paid £443 a week in housing benefit from the DWP - which it received via Birmingham City Council - for Alysha's room and her support costs, equivalent to £23,000 a year.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

All five are still operating and receiving hundreds of millions of pounds in housing benefit payments.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But eight councils allow people on much higher incomes to claim the allowance, with some also using council tax rebate or housing benefit as criteria.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025

Anyone who qualifies for pension credit may also be entitled to other financial support, including housing benefit, a reduction in council tax, help with heating costs and the warm home discount scheme, external.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

Current benefits paid in this way include housing benefit, Universal Credit and pension credit, a top-up paid to poorer pensioners.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025

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