To apply for housing benefit and/or council tax support please use the online benefits calculator.

Please note that the calculations on the benefits calculator are estimates and may change once your claim has been fully assessed.

Once you have completed an online claim form you will be given an evidence checklist of the documents we need to assess your claim. Please send the documents to: Income and Benefits, 5th floor, Zone A, Bernard Weatherill House, 8 Mint Walk, Croydon, CR0 1EA.

Please note, only original documents are accepted and will be returned to you.  Please do not send photocopies.

Other ways to make a claim for benefits

Home visits

If you are unable to apply online or are having trouble completing the form, we can visit you in your home and complete a form with you. Please be aware we will only visit you to make a claim if you are living in the property you want to make a claim at.

Please contact our visiting team by:

Telephone: 020 8667 8336 Email: croyhbvis@croydon.gov.uk

If you are unable to get through on the telephone please leave a message with your name, address and contact number. We aim to contact you back within 24 hours of your request to book an appointment/visit.

Coming into the council

Please be aware that we no longer offer face to face appointments/advice. In situations where customers visit Access Croydon you will be redirected to use our telephone service for advice. However, you can come into Access Croydon in Bernard Weatherill House and use one of the computers in the customer area to complete the online benefit claim form.