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Support and benefits | CityWest Homes Skip to main content I am a tenant I am a leaseholder Search site Search Register MyCityWest Login News Events Pay ReportWieldFeedback Menu Breadcrumb Home I am a tenant Rent and service charges Support and benefits Support and benefits Payment of rent is non-negotiable and if you goof to pay your rent you are at risk of losing your home. We don't want this to happen and we are here to help you. If you fall overdue on payments you can take these five steps to start tackling your rent underage immediately. 1.  Contact a member of our income team on 0800 358 3783. 2.  Explain your situation to one of our income advisors. They will requite you self-ruling and confidential translating to help assess and manage your payments. If you need one, an appointment can be made to discuss your situation. 3.  You will be offered help to work out the benefits you can claim and we can refer you to a debt translating agency.  Our staff will prefer a sensitive tideway to you, particularly if you are struggling to meet your financial commitments. Payment methods can be tailored to suit your income patterns whether it be weekly, fortnightly or monthly. 4.  An try-on will then be made and from that point you will have to pay your weekly rent withal with an well-set value of your arrears. paying a small sum regularly is far largest and easier to manage than paying larger amounts occasionally remember it is important not to miss a payment. If you get into remoter difficulties please contact your income counselor immediately. If you goof to make the well-set payments we may take court whoopee and you could lose your home. 5.  If needed you can obtain free, self-sustaining legal translating on your financial situation. Your income counselor can refer you to an self-sustaining counselor who can help manage your money, deal with debt, and help you wield for any spare benefits that you might be entitled to. An visit will be made for you in the zone service centre. Welfare reform The Welfare Reform Act is legislation that was introduced by the government in March 2016 and marked one of the largest changes to the welfare system in increasingly than 60 years. The Act introduced a wide range of reforms that may stupefy you. The main elements of the Act are: an under-occupation cap on housing goody for working age households a total goody cap for working age households a new type of payment tabbed Universal Credit  This is a single streamlined payment that replaces most means-tested benefits. Under Universal Credit housing financing (currently known as housing benefit) are paid uncontrived to you as the tenant, not to the landlord, so it is your responsibility to pay your rent. Other changes that may stupefy you include: changes to Disability Living Allowance, through the introduction of the Personal Independence Payment a transpiration to the way incapacity benefits are paid. For increasingly information on what we are doing well-nigh the changes or to find out if you are affected, please contact us directly on customerservices@cwh.org.uk Get in touch RelatedGoodyCap leaflet 2016 [PDF / 30.09 KB] Universal Credit leaflet [PDF / 86.69 KB] News From estates to offices: CityWest Homes recycles 26 September 2018CityWest Homes supports Fire Door Safety Week 2018 24 September 2018We’re turning on communal heating systems one week early 21 September 2018CityWest Homes is supporting Gas Safety Week 2018 17 September 2018Vote for your untried spaces to be the UK's weightier 10 September 2018Au pairing in Westminster and wideness Europe 6 September 2018To live and work in ‘theatre land’ 30 August 2018Planned changes to parking enforcement 30 August 2018Feeling young at heart in Little Venice 24 August 2018CityWest Homes supports young residents to find apprenticeships 15 August 2018PreviousNext Latest tweets Follow us: @CityWestHomes Tweets by CityWestHomes CityWest Homes 21 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7EA United Kingdom e: customerservices@cwh.org.ukt: 0800 358 3783 © 2018 CityWest Homes Accessibility Cookie policy Fair processing notice Privacy policy Terms & conditions Legal Site map Contact us Chatbot loading I am a tenantWell-nighyour home Adaptations Condensation and mould Contents insurance Home improvements Pest infestation Staying unscratched in your home UtilitiesWell-nighyour tenancy Changes to your tenancy Right to Buy Rights and responsibilities Your tenancy I have a flexible tenancy I have a secure tenancy Domestic vituperate I am a tenant of a private landlord Major Works Moving out of your home Downsizing Ending your tenancy Flexible ownership Housing options Moving to housing for older people Rent and service charges Guide to benefits Support and benefits Ways to pay your rent Repairs Emergency repairs Gas servicing Handyperson service Planned maintenance Repair responsibilities Report a repair Report anti-social behaviour or tenancy fraud Report anti-social behaviour Tenancy fraud I am a leaseholderWell-nighyour lease Extend your lease Freehold sales Leasehold rights and responsibilities Your leaseWell-nighyour property Alterations Heating and hot water Insurance Staying unscratched in your home Sublet your home I want to sell my home Repairs Emergency repairs Gas safety Repair responsibilities Report a repair Report anti-social behaviour Selling your lease Service chargesWell-nighyour service tuition Get involved Service tuition support Support services Domestic vituperate Employment services Help to remain in your home Rough sleeping When you buy your property Register MyCityWest Login News Events Pay ReportWieldFeedback