If you don't pay your rent, you could lose your home. It is extremely important that you pay your rent. When you bid for a property, you will know how much your rent will be. You can visit the Money Advice Service website to help you take stock of your day-to-day finances and then use our budget planner to work out how much money you have coming in and what you're spending it on. You have to be honest and realistic about how much money you have coming in and how much you will need to pay your bills and the initial cost of setting up a home. How much money will I need? How do I work this out? Once you have set up home, you will need to pay regular bills, including:Ĭar expenses such as insurance, car tax, petrolĪny credit card, store card, or catalogue payments White goods, such as a fridge, freezer, washing machine When you first move in, you will have to buy some or all of the following: However, if you are managing a household budget for the first time, you will need to think carefully about how much money you will need to set up your home and pay your regular bills. If you have managed household bills before, you will know about the costs involved in running a home. Millions to receive £350 boost to help with rising energy costs - on the GOV.Moving into your own home can be an exciting time – but also an expensive one.The guidance that has been provided by the Government to local councils about the Council Tax Energy Rebate scheme is available on GOV.UK. If you provide inaccurate or misleading information you may be found guilty of fraud under the Fraud Act 2006. Neither the Government nor the councils will tolerate someone providing false information in order to receive a payment. Alternatively, if we make a payment and later discover that we shouldn't have done so then we will ask you to pay the money back. If we believe that the information we hold about the Council Tax payer is inaccurate we may withhold payment. If you haven't applied by this deadline and our records show that you are eligible, the payment will be automatically credited to your Council Tax account. The one-off discretionary payments will not need to be repaid, are non-taxable and will not affect any benefits that you receive.Īll awards will be paid into the bank account of the person whose name appears on the Council Tax bill.Īll payments must be made by 30th November 2022 so applications will not be accepted after 20th November 2022. The rebate will be paid to the person who, at the end the day on 1st April 2022, was the Council Tax payer. Payments will be issued from mid-October 2022 onwards. The Council will never phone you to ask you for your bank details.Īpply now How, and when, will I get paid the rebate? If you live in a Band E-H property but don’t pay your Council Tax by Direct Debit we will write to you and invite you to apply. If we can’t pay you automatically we will write to you and invite you to apply. If you live in a Band E-H property and pay your Council Tax by Direct Debit (which means we already hold your bank account details) we will try to pay you automatically. If your Council Tax account was credited with the £150.00 payment we will also credit your Council Tax account with the top-up award. If you live in a Band A-D property and have already been awarded a payment of £150.00 we will automatically pay the additional top-up award. Have already received a £150 payment in respect of a Band A-D property (or a Band E property and have a disabled band reduction meaning that the Council Tax for Band D is payable) and who were in receipt of Council Tax Support as at the end of August 2022Įligible residents in Adur who are living in a Band E-H property will be entitled to a payment of £175.00 whilst those living in Worthing will be entitled to a payment of £180.00.Įligible residents in Band A-D properties who have already received a payment of £150.00 will be entitled to a "top-up" payment of £25.00 in Adur or £30.00 in Worthing.Were living in a Band E-H property and who were in receipt of Council Tax Support as at the end of August 2022.Residents who will qualify are those who: Who will qualify for a discretionary payment and how much will it be? We have also been provided with a limited discretionary budget and the Members (Councillors) have decided that the money will be used to support the most financially vulnerable residents. If you live in a property in Council Tax bands A to D and meet the eligibility criteria you should have received a £150 Council Tax rebate from the Government to help with the cost of rising energy bills.
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