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Heating and housing

Get help with energy bills and housing costs, including benefits and allowances.

  1. Winter Heating Payment

    Eligibility, when you get it, applications

  2. Apply for a Discretionary Housing Payment

    You may be eligible if you get Housing Benefit but still can't afford your housing costs.

  3. Child Winter Heating Payment

    Eligibility, payments, how to apply

  4. Pension Age Winter Heating Payment

    Eligibility, payments, living abroad, support

  5. Payments, grants and discounts to help with energy bills

    Grants, payments, benefits, discounts

  6. Claim Universal Credit or Housing Benefit

    You could get the housing element of Universal Credit or Housing Benefit to help pay your rent if you’re on a low income.

  7. Local housing allowance

    Information on how to apply for housing benefit if you're renting privately.

  8. If you cannot afford to pay your energy bills

    Check where you can go for help if you cannot pay your energy bill.

  9. If you cannot afford to top up your prepayment meter

    Information about what support is available if you cannot afford to top up your prepayment meter

  10. Winter Fuel Payment is changing for people in Scotland

    Payments, contact DWP, new benefit

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