Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Benefits

Making a claim

Claiming Housing Benefit/Local Housing Allowance and Council Tax Reduction

Access to the online benefits advisor and links for all online claim forms as well as information about claiming for new claims and information for existing claim about changes in circumstance and overpayments. 

Helping Hand

Extra Financial Help

Information and advice on how you could be entitled to extra financial help from our Discretionary Housing Payment fund (top up for rent only) or our Essential Living Fund (help with living costs)

Committee meetings, minutes and agendas.

Welfare Benefit Changes

Information and advice on the upcoming welfare benefit changes

Fraud Target

Benefit Fraud

Save the taxpayers money and report benefit cheats! Access to the online Fraud Referral Form to report someone of committing benefit fraud. 

 

Private housing

Information and Advice for Landlords

Welcome to the Landlord information page. Here you should be able to find all the information you need to ably assist yourself and your tenant whilst residing in your property.

Information on Benefits