We have a series of leaflets that you can download here explaining Housing and Council Tax Benefit.

About Derby Benefits  - 66Kb

How to Claim Housing and Council Tax Benefit - available in 4 languages

Please note that the change to Local Housing Allowance in April 2008 may mean that we can no longer make the interim payments that we refer to in our leaflets below. 

• How to Claim Housing and Council Tax Benefit - English  - 66Kb
• How to Claim Housing and Council Tax Benefit - Hindi - 89Kb    
• How to Claim Housing and Council Tax Benefit - Punjabi - 74Kb    
• How to Claim Housing and Council Tax Benefit - Urdu - 591Kb

Housing Benefit - restrictions for private tenants - 44Kb

Extended Payments - 45Kb

Discretionary Payments - 44Kb

Change of circumstances - available in 4 languages

• Change of circumstances - English - 66Kb    
• Change of circumstances - Hindi - 126Kb    
• Change of circumstances - Punjabi - 122Kb    
• Change of circumstances - Urdu - 480Kb

Non Dependant Deductions - available in 4 languages

• Non Dependant Deductions - English - 61Kb    
• Non Dependant Deductions - Hindi - 960Kb    
• Non Dependant Deductions - Punjabi - 1322Kb    
• Non Dependant Deductions - Urdu - 299Kb

Temporary Absence - available in 4 languages

• Temporary Absence - English - 43Kb    
• Temporary Absence - Hindi - 75Kb    
• Temporary Absence - Punjabi - 58Kb   
• Temporary Absence - Urdu - 327Kb

Appealing against a decision - available in 4 languages.

• Appealing against a decision - English - 66Kb    
• Appealing against a decision - Hindi - 2491Kb
• Appealing against a decision - Urdu - 2305Kb
• Punjabi version is available by email or in print. Unfortunately, it is not available for download due to the large file size - 3317Kb.

Benefits when working  - 45Kb 

National Leaflet Project

Benefits-Leaflets.org 

This website is part of the National Leaflet Project and has leaflets giving information about Housing and Council Tax Benefit - these are available in 11 different languages.