Guidance

Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2023 to 2024

This guidance is for local authorities. It explains the subsidies DWP pays them for certain costs of the Housing Benefit (HB) scheme.

Documents

Details

This guidance covers subsidies for:

  • benefit costs
  • administration costs

Best practice guide

We鈥檝e also published the聽Housing Benefit subsidy claims: local authority best practice guide聽to help local authorities minimise or avoid qualified audits of聽HB聽subsidy claims.

Guidance for 2015 to 2023 and earlier

Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2022 to 2023

Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2021 to 2022

Housing Benefit subsidy guidance manual 2020 to 2021

HB聽subsidy guidance for 2018 to 2019

HB聽subsidy guidance for 2017 to 2018

HB聽subsidy guidance for 2016 to 2017

HB聽subsidy guidance for 2015 to 2016

HB聽subsidy guidance for 2014 to 2015

HB聽and Council Tax Benefit (CTB) subsidy guidance for 2013 to 2014

Archives

We鈥檝e archived the聽HB聽and CTB Subsidy Guidance Manual 2012 to 2013.

Guidance for earlier years can be found on the聽听飞别产蝉颈迟别.

Updates to this page

Published 11 July 2024

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