Benefits

Claim housing benefit

• What is housing benefit?
• Who can claim housing benefit?
• How housing benefit is worked out
• Your entitlement letter explained
• Report a change in circumstances
• Universal Credit
• What is Local Housing Allowance?
• Discretionary Housing Payments
• About the 'bedroom tax'
• Making a housing benefit appeal
• Pay your overpayment of housing benefit
• Pay your rent (invoice numbers starting 60)
• Pay your rent (invoice numbers starting 19)

Claim council tax support

• Get help paying your council tax
• Apply for a council tax discount
• Single person council tax discount
• Council tax discounts for people with disabilities
• Severe Mental Impairment Exemption for council tax
• Pay your council tax

Claim Universal Credit

• Support for Universal Credit customers
• Discretionary Housing Payment
• Universal Credit (GOV.UK)
• Universal Credit advice for private landlords
• Universal credit advice (The Daily Jobseeker)

Children and families

• Help paying for childcare
• Free school meals
• Help buying school uniform
• Child benefit (GOV.UK)
• Child tax credit (GOV.UK)
• Working tax credit (GOV.UK)
• Income support (GOV.UK)
• Employment and Support Allowance (GOV.UK)

Financial help if you're disabled (GOV.UK)

• Blue badges
• Concessionary travel
• Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
• Disability benefits
• Adapting your home
• Council tax discount for people with disabilities
• Severe Mental Impairment council tax exemption
• Employment and Support Allowance (GOV.UK)
• Income support (GOV.UK)
• Attendance allowance (GOV.UK)
• Constant attendance allowance (GOV.UK)
• Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (GOV.UK)
• Carer's allowance (GOV.UK)
• Carer's credit (GOV.UK)
• Disabled Students' Allowance (GOV.UK)
• Working Tax Credit (GOV.UK)

Find out more about YFAS

Tell us about a change

• What are 'non-dependent deductions'?
• Benefit fraud

Get benefits advice

• Universal Credit
• York Financial Assistance Scheme (YFAS)
• Help with fuel bills
• Find out about the benefit cap

• Universal Credit advice for private landlords
• Housing benefit and private landlords

YorkCard

• Residents' Minster Badge for parking
• Residents' priority parking scheme
• Residents' contract parking permit
• York Financial Assistance Scheme (YFAS)
• York Disaster Fund