In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
housing benefit in British English
noun
social welfare
(in Britain) a payment made by a local authority in the form of a rent rebate to a council tenant or a rent allowance to a private tenant
Examples of 'housing benefit' in a sentence
housing benefit
Any relationship between tenant and landlord must be declared in a housing benefit application form.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The bedroom regulations have led to reductions in housing benefit to people with a spare room.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If landlords are taking public money through housing benefit the property should be decent.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Tackling the inequalities of housing benefit is part of the wider problem of tackling immigration.
The Sun (2009)
Most get housing benefit and their council tax paid for them.
The Sun (2010)
Both are receiving housing benefit and income support as they do not have jobs.
The Sun (2006)
Annual caps on housing benefit payments to landlords are also reducing income.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is thought to be a reference to tenants on housing benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Changes to council tax and housing benefit are also expected to have an effect on food poverty.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
All adults in the home are on housing benefit and income support.
The Sun (2012)
The risk is that landlords will shun all tenants on housing benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The claimant had been charged with dishonestly obtaining loans from building societies and obtaining housing benefit payments by furnishing false information.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Yet the first signs are that the unemployed will greet their new status accompanied by cuts in their allowances and housing benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
On top of this, housing benefit pays the rent.
Alexander Masters STUART: A Life Backwards (2005)
The new rent cap is aimed at reducing the government 's housing benefit bill.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Housing benefit pays the rent on her 350,000 house.
The Sun (2010)
As this gulf grows, so does the bill we all pay for housing benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Successive reforms of housing benefit under this Government and under the previous one have changed the system to restrict eligibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is likely to announce cuts to benefit increases for the jobless, those on income support and people claiming housing benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The'tax' means tenants may lose part of their housing benefit if they have spare bedrooms.
The Sun (2013)
This included almost 100,000 as his salary and more than 51,000 in housing benefit and car allowance.
The Sun (2011)
Up to 1.5 billion of taxpayers' money is paid to such landlords each year in the form of housing benefit.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
THE Coalition's objective in reducing the money spent on housing benefit is likely to be successful.