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Discretionary Housing Payments
Provided that you are already entitled to some Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Benefit, a discretionary housing payment (DHP) can be requested.
A DHP is designed to assist if you need further financial assistance to help meet your rent or council tax liability, A discretionary housing payment can be requested for any reason that makes it difficult for you to meet your rent or Council Tax bill.
Discretionary housing payments are paid from a cash-limited budget allocated to the Council by the Government. Because of the limited amount of money available, there is no guarantee that all applications will be successful. For this reason, the Council will usually give preference to applications where there are exceptional circumstances.
An application form can be found within the leaflet below.
Discretionary Housing Payments 
For further information, please contact us.