Who can claim?
You can make a claim for council tax
benefit if:
- You own your home (either outright or you have a mortgage),
and
- You are the person whose name is on the Council Tax Bill.
If you are jointly responsible for
Council Tax we can help pay your share of the
bill.
When will I not be entitled to claim Council Tax
Benefit?
You will not be entitled to any
Council Tax Benefit if:
- You are not responsible for paying the Council Tax bill.
- Either you, or your partner, or both of you together, have more
than £16,000 in savings (unless you are getting Pension Credit
Guarantee Credit).
- You are an asylum seeker, unless you've been given refugee
status or indefinite or exceptional leave (also called
discretionary or humanitarian leave) to remain in the United
Kingdom.
- You have been admitted to the United Kingdom on the condition
that you have ‘no recourse to public funds’. Council tax
benefit is a public fund, so you may not claim it if this condition
was applied to you.
- You are a sponsored immigrant and have lived here for less than
five years.
- You are in the United Kingdom illegally or your permission to
stay has run out.
