Appeal a Housing Benefit decision

You have a right to:

• ask us to explain or change a decision
• appeal against a decision

You can complete the online form in My Account.

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or you can write to us.

See Appeal a benefit decision on GOV.UK for full details.

Appeals must be made in writing within 1 month of the date of our decision. 

If you want to appeal you must tell us:

• what you disagree with or would like explained
• why you disagree

If you ask us to change a Housing Benefit decision, but we choose not to, you can still appeal against the decision.