Benefits

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• Council Tax and Housing Benefits
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News

From 1 April 2013, there will be changes to Council Tax Benefit and Housing Benefit. The changes mean that from April some people will receive less benefit than before. 

• Council Tax Benefit is being replaced with local Council Tax Support. For more information on Dacorum's Council Tax Support scheme, please see our Council Tax Support page.
• Housing Benefit entitlements for working age people in the social sector will reflect household size, in a similar way to people renting in the private sector.

More information about these changes is available in this  leaflet (876 KB) 

In March 2013, we will send you your benefit statement to let you know how much support you will receive from April.

Later in 2013

The Government is introducing a limit on the total amount of benefit that most working age people can get. For more information please visit www.gov.uk and search for "benefit cap".

Many of the separate benefits that working age people can get, including Housing Benefit, will be replaced by a single benefit called Universal Credit. For more information please visit www.gov.uk and search for "Universal Credit".

Need help with the changes?

If you need any help or advice about these changes, please contact our team of specialists on 01442 228999 or email benefitchanges@dacorum.gov.uk