Change in circumstances

What kind of change in circumstances should be reported

If you are in receipt of Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Reduction, you have a duty to report changes in your circumstances.

You must notify us in writing as soon as possible if:

• Your (or your partner's) entitlement to income support or income-based jobseekers' allowance ends

• If a child or young person ceases to be a member of the family

• If you change address

• If your rent changes and you are the tenant of a private landlord

• If there is a change in the status of non-dependants in the household for Council Tax reduction claims or housing benefit claims.

• If your income and/or capital changes

• If there is a change relating to the payment of housing benefit direct to your landlord

• If you receive Alternative Maximum Council Tax Reduction and there is a change to the number of adults in your home, there is a change in their gross income or they stop receiving income support or income-based jobseekers allowance

Failure to report a change in your circumstances could mean that you lose Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Reduction that you are entitled to or are overpaid Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Reduction that you will have to repay.

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• Last updated: 21 January 2016