Skip to main content
Site logo

Main navigation

  • Home
  • About Helen
  • News
  • Advice Surgeries
  • My Plan
  • In Parliament
  • Contact
  • Cost of Living Help Hub
  • Apprenticeship Portal
  • Maidstone and Malling SME Business Survey
Site logo

Housing and Rental Cost Help

  • Tweet
Housing

You can get help with your housing costs if you are eligible for Universal Credit. Your housing payment can help with the payment of:

Rent to a private landlord

  • Your rent and some service charges if you rent from a housing association or council
  • Interest payments on your mortgage and some service charges.
  • If your housing payment does not cover all your housing costs you might be eligible to apply to the Local Authority for a Discretionary Housing Payment. For more information on Discretionary Housing Payments please visit the Maidstone Borough Council website or the Tonbridge and Malling Council website

In addition to the above you might also be eligible for a Council Tax Reduction or other financial help through Universal Credit. You can claim for housing costs if you already have a Universal Credit claim.

Help with a deposit or guarantee when moving into the private sector

Your Local Council may be able to help you with its own rent deposit, bond, or guarantee scheme. These are usually provided to individuals at risk of homelessness who have an urgent need to move and would find it difficult to afford the costs associated with such a move.

You can speak to someone at:

Maidstone Borough Council – 01622 602000

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council – 01732 844522 

Problems paying your mortgage

The Building Societies Association has produced a joint guidance document with the Money Advice Trust which you can download here.

Cost of Living Help Hub

  • Citizens Advice Bureaux
  • Household Bills, Utilities, Winter Fuel & Council Tax
  • Income Support, Universal Credit and benefits
  • Help with Childcare Costs
  • Food Banks and Pantries
  • Housing and Rental Cost Help
  • Healthcare and Disability Support
  • Help with Travel Costs
  • Debt Advice and Support
  • Special Advice for Older People

Helen Grant Member of Parliament for Maidstone and Malling

Footer

  • About RSS
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • About Helen Grant
ConservativesPromoted by Thomas Mobbs on behalf of Helen Grant MP and Maidstone and Malling Conservative Association, both of Suite 2 Paddock Wood Business Centre, Commercial Road, Paddock Wood, TN12 6EN
Copyright 2025 Helen Grant Member of Parliament for Maidstone and Malling. All rights reserved.
Powered by Bluetree