Housing Benefit: your payment dates

Your housing benefit payments. Find out when they're due and early payment dates for bank holidays

All the payment dates for 2020 and 2021 are shown in the table below. You can also download a copy of the Housing Benefit calendar which tells you when each payment is due.

Housing Benefit calendars

An interim payment run is produced each week to pick up any missed changes in circumstances for past payment periods, covering up to the end of the current four week payment period. You may therefore receive an adjustment payment outside your usual four weekly payment.

Payment dates for 2020

3 February 2020 27 July 2020 - This payment is being made early and will be paid into your bank account on 23 July 2020
2 March 2020 24 August 2020
30 March 2020 21 September 2020
4 May 2020 19 October 2020
1 June 2020 16 November 2020
29 June 2020 14 December 2020

Payment dates for 2021

11 January 2021 26 July 2021
8 February 2021 23 August 2021
8 March 2021 20 September 2021
1 April 2021 18 October 2021
30 April 2021 15 November 2021
28 May 2021 13 December 2021
28 June 2021 -