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Bromsgrove District Council will shortly be sending out year-end letters to all recipients of housing benefit.

Each year housing benefit and council tax support is reviewed due to changes in benefits rates, rent and Council Tax. Letters will start hitting doormats from 11th March which will explain to residents what their housing benefit will be from April 2022.

The figure given is calculated based on the latest information a resident has given to the council or which has been received from the Department for Work and Pensions or HMRC.

Most residents will not need to do anything with this letter. However, if the details/income are not right or as expected in a resident’s letter,they will need to let the council know by completing a change in circumstance form.

This year, there are no separate council tax support letters being sent out to residents in receipt of council tax support payments. The amount due to be received will be shown on council tax bills instead.

Leader of the Council, Cllr Karen May, said: “The majority of year-end letters will be absolutely fine and housing benefit recipients won’t need to do anything with them. However, we advise checking your letter to make doubly sure. In the unlikely event that there are any issues, we want to rectify them as soon as possible.”

For more details about these letters, an FAQ page has been set up at: www.bromsgrove.gov.uk/YearEnd2022