Revenues and Benefits Service
Hackney Service Centre
Please write your Hackney Housing Benefit or Council Tax
1 Hillman Street, London, E8 1DY
Reduction number in this box if you know it.
Phone: 020 8356 3399
Textphone: 020 8356 3725
Fax: 020 8356 3655
E-mail: benefits@hackney.gov.uk
Website:
A form to tell us about
For our use only
your change of address
Benefits reference number:
within Hackney
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Council Tax account number:
Your name:
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Your new address and postcode:
Date of contact or issue: (date stamp)
Do not fill in this form if you have moved outside the Borough of Hackney. You will need to contact the local
council in your new area to claim Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction.
Do not fill in this form if you wish to claim Council Tax Reduction, but did not receive it at your previous address.
You will need to complete a New Claim Form
When you have filled in this form, send it back to us
straight away, or you may lose out.
You can take this form, and all your proof, to one of our Housing Offices or to Hackney Service Centre. If this is not
possible, please post your form and your proof to the address at the top of this form. We will send your proof back
to you as soon as we have checked it.
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If you need help filling in this form, please contact our Benefit Section at the address above.
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We must see proof of your rent and tenancy before we can decide how much help you can get. Please send
original documents as proof – we can not accept photocopies.
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If you do not have all the proof we need, return the form to us now and send
the proof later. Tell us if you are sending more proof at a later date.
Please tick the box which applies to you.
I own and live in my own home.
I rent my home from Hackney Council.
I rent my home from a private landlord.
I rent my home from a housing association.