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 1. Home
 2. Services
 3. Benefits and money advice
 4. Benefits and support
 5. Providing evidence for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support


PROVIDING EVIDENCE FOR HOUSING BENEFIT AND COUNCIL TAX SUPPORT



> Important Information Regarding Coronavirus
> 
> The coronavirus has affected most, if not all Waltham Forest residents. This
> is likely to be the case for a considerable period of time. The Council has
> taken a number of measures to assist people if and when they are affected.
> 
> We have temporarily relaxed our policy regarding the level of evidence you
> need to provide to claim Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support if you are
> affected by the coronavirus. This applies if you;
> 
>  * Have, or think you have, contracted it
>  * Are caring for somebody who may have contracted it
>  * Are self isolating and
>  * During periods of national or local lockdown
> 
> 
> You will no longer have to provide original documents in support of a claim.
> We will accept images or copies although you will have to provide originals at
> a later date.

Evidence to support Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support and Free School meal
claims can be provided online, by post or in person.

When you complete an online claim for housing or council tax support, or an
online change in circumstances form, you will automatically receive a
notification telling you what information you need to provide. You can supply
this information using our online evidence upload form.

The evidence checklist lists the documents or evidence you need to show us as
proof of the details within your application. For example, you may need to show
us bank statements to prove how much capital you have, or a passport to prove
your identity or nationality.

The list also tells you whether you need to show us the originals or copies of
each.

If you give us your email address when you apply, the checklist will be emailed
to you. If you don’t give us your address you’ll need to make a note of the
evidence you need to provide.


PROVIDING EVIDENCE USING OUR ONLINE FORM CLICK TO GET INFO

You can also use an online form to upload evidence to us.

To upload your evidence to support your claim, or let us know that something has
changed, follow these easy steps:

 1. Take a picture or scan of the document you want to send us, and save it on
    your computer.
 2. Complete the online form with your details, and attach the files that you
    want to send to us.
 3. Submit the form.

Your details and documents will be securely sent to us.

Please check all pictures and files before you submit them to make sure that all
details can be seen clearly.

Image files need to be in any of the following formats:

 * GIF
 * JPG
 * JPEG
 * TIFF
 * PDF
 * BMP
 * PNG

No single file should be more than 10MB in size.


PROVIDING EVIDENCE BY POST CLICK TO GET INFO

Documents can be sent by post to:

The Benefits Service
PO Box 856 
London 
E17 9PN 

We can’t accept responsibility for documents that are lost in the post.

If you choose to send original documents by post, please allow 2-5 working days
for these documents to be returned before making any contact about missing
documents.


PROVIDING EVIDENCE IN PERSON CLICK TO GET INFO

You can call into one of our libraries listed below to provide evidence in
person. 

If you have had a change in circumstances it is important you submit an online
form first. You will then receive a notification outlining any additional
information we may need from you as evidence, if any.

We may not need evidence from you, or you may be happy to use our evidence
upload form to supply this online, in which case this could save you time
queuing to hand in documents to our staff. 

If we have already told you what evidence we need and you would like to
hand it to us in person, you can go straight to a member of staff.

Leyton Library
High Road 
Leyton, E10 5QH

Leytonstone Library
6 Church Lane
Leytonstone
E11 1HG

North Chingford Library
The Green
Chingford, E4 7EN

Walthamstow Library
High Street
Walthamstow, E17 7JN

You can only drop off evidence at the libraries Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm,
regardless of a particular library's opening hours.


WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

We will process your request as quickly as we can and within 10 working days
wherever possible. Please don’t contact us about your request until 10 working
days have passed.


HELP WITH COMPLETING ONLINE FORMS CLICK TO GET INFO

If you don't have access to a computer, you can visit a Library Plus branch
where you can use a self-service pc to log your request/report. Staff are
available to support you if you need it.

Please make a note of the 10-character form reference in case you need to ask us
something. You can also use this reference to go back to a partially completed
form.

Once you have answered the questions on all of the pages, click ‘Show Errors’ to
confirm that the form is complete. Any pages with errors or omissions will be
shown. Click on the page number to go to that page where the issue will be
highlighted.

You can attach any evidence required by clicking ‘Upload & Attach File’.

If you get stuck, and cannot submit the form, please use the ‘Contact Us’ option
to send us a message. If you send us the form reference we will be able to help
you more quickly.

Once any errors have been resolved you can securely submit the form by clicking
‘Submit’.

When we have received your form, you will see a confirmation message on your
screen. We will send you an email to confirm receipt of your application.


CONTACT CLICK TO GET INFO

Revenues and Benefits Service

London Borough of Waltham Forest 
PO Box 856 
London 
E17 9PN 

Phone: 020 8496 3000 
Email: revenue.services@walthamforest.gov.uk

 


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Apply for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support



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