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  • Claiming Support And Benefits

    Claiming support and benefits

    Information on the types of support available, who can claim them and how to claim.

  • Looking For A Home

    Looking for a home

    Find out about the housing options available in Aldershot and Farnborough.

  • Problems With Your Home Or Landlord

    Housing problems

    Having problems with your home or your landlord? We may be able to help you.

  • Help And Advice For Landlords

    Help and advice for landlords

    Advice for landlords and information on houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and local housing allowance (LHA).

  • Homelessness And Urgent Housing Need

    Homelessness and urgent housing need

    How to get support if you are homeless or about to lose your home.

  • Council tax support

    Find out more about council tax support and how to apply for help with your council tax bill.

  • Local Housing Allowance (LHA) for private tenants

    If you are renting a property or room from a private landlord, we use the local housing allowance to work out how much housing benefit you get.

  • Changes that could affect your benefits

    You must tell us about all changes in circumstances immediately. It is a criminal offence not to report a change.

  • Benefits advice and support

    Help with your benefit, including how to appeal a decision on your benefit, what to do if we pay you too much and where to get advice.

  • Help to adapt or improve your home

    Find out about grants and loans to adapt your home and advice on saving money on your fuel bills.

  • Benefit and housing fraud

    How we deal with benefit or housing fraud in Aldershot and Farnborough.

  • Bringing empty properties back into use

    Bringing an empty home back into use can improve the whole neighbourhood.

  • Housing and Homelessness Strategy

    Find out how our Housing and Homelessness Strategy helps us meet local needs.

  • Welfare reform and benefits changes

    Changes to benefits, or 'welfare reform', may affect you now or in the future.

  • Published data about housing benefit, council tax support and welfare reform

    Information and figures on welfare reform, discretionary housing payments and council tax support claims.








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