[Your address]
								[Your telephone number]
								[Your email address]
								[Date]

[Address of the Council’s housing benefit department]

By [first class post / hand / email to: [email address]]


Dear Sirs

Re:	Request for payment of housing benefit on two homes
	Unavoidable rental liability
	Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, SI No. 213, Reg. 7(6)(d)
      Your ref: [Housing benefit reference number]

I write to ask that you pay housing benefit for two homes.

I have accepted a tenancy at [new address], which starts on [date new tenancy starts].  However, my tenancy at [original address] does not end until [date original tenancy ends].  

I confirm that I moved into my new property on [date].  I was obliged to move quickly because [give reason why you had to move quickly, eg: The landlord required me to accept the tenancy and move in as a condition of the offer of tenancy].

It was not possible for me to avoid having to pay rent on both properties because [give the reason(s) why you could not end your old tenancy and start the new tenancy on the same date, eg:  my new landlord required me to sign for the new tenancy straight away.  I had to give four weeks’ notice on my old property, and the requirement that I give four weeks’ notice means that I have no option to pay rent on two properties].

Please contact me if you need any further information.

Yours faithfully




[Your name]








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From claimant to housing benefits
Requesting benefit on two homes because of unavoidable rental liability