DHP examples, our policy document, what we've spent on DHPs in previous years
Examples:
- If the rules say your home is too big for you but you have a good reason for needing the extra bedrooms.
- If you can't move to somewhere smaller or less expensive because someone in your family has serious health problems.
- If you can't move to somewhere smaller or less expensive and your current tenancy is at risk because you can't afford to pay the difference between your benefit and your rent.
- If your home has been adapted for you or a member of your family.
- If you are affected by the benefit cap.
These are just a few examples. If you have different circumstances that mean you are struggling to pay your rent it is still worth making an application.
Our Discretionary Housing Payments Policy
What we've spent on Discretionary Housing Payments in previous years