Crisis and Resilience Fund Housing Payment (formerly Discretionary Housing Payment)

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Funded By UK Gov
The CRF supports low-income households who encounter a financial shock, and supports activity that builds individual and community financial resilience. These pages only cover the portion of the scheme related to housing payments, but you can find more details of the full CRF scheme, which is administered on our behalf by Southend City Council.

Find out if you can claim and how much you might get You can apply for a Housing Payment to help you pay for housing costs.

Apply for a Crisis and Resilience Fund Housing Payment Find out how to apply for a Housing Payment, and then make your application.

Check the evidence you need to give us Find out what documents you need to send us and how to send them.

Extra help for Crisis and Resilience Fund Housing Payment Find out what extra help is available for Housing Payments.

Crisis and Resilience Fund Housing Payment: Other people living with you Find out about how it works for Housing Payments, if other people are living with you.

Tell us if you disagree with our decision If you disagree with our decision on your claim for Housing Payment, you can ask us to look at your application again.