You can apply for a Council Tax Support Hardship payment if you get Council Tax Support and you're facing exceptional financial hardship.
To apply you must:
- be registered as a Council Tax payer
- be currently getting Council Tax Support
- be willing to make payments toward your Council Tax
- be actively taking steps to deal with your financial hardship, where possible
- have checked whether you are entitled to a Council Tax discount
Your Council Tax Support Hardship application will be refused if you do not meet all the above criteria.
Please be aware that any award will not cover all the amount of Council Tax that you have to pay. You will have to make payments towards your Council Tax.
We will use the information given in your Council Tax Support claim to decide your award.
Apply for a Council Tax hardship payment
To check what other benefits you may be entitled to, visit GOV.UK - Benefits calculators.
View the Council Tax Support Hardship Policy 2024 to 2025 (PDF, 220.55 KB).