Payment of housing benefit by BACS
The Council are keen to encourage customers who receive payment of their housing benefit by cheque to consider changing their method of payment to BACS.Payments by BACS would be made directly into your bank account.
There are a number of advantages in receiving payments by BACS:
- As payments are made directly into your bank account they will be processed more quickly.
- There are no delays, which can occur with cheque payments, BACS payments do not have to be cleared through the banking system. This could mean that the funds are available up to a week earlier than would be the case with a cheque.
- Payments are more secure as there is less risk of them being lost, delayed or misappropriated.
If you have not already done so, and would wish the council to make payments directly to your bank account, please download, print and complete the Request for payment of Housing Benefit by BACS form from the following link:
BACS payment form
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