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To claim Housing Benefit you must:

• Occupy the property for which you are claiming as your home
• Be liable to pay rent for the property
• Either be entitled to Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance (Income based) or have a low income
• Be habitually resident, or be exempt from the requirement to be habitually resident - this means you must normally live at the property you are claiming for.
  

You cannot claim for a property let on a lease of more than 21 years except for shared or co-ownership schemes, or where you are the owner-occupier, or if you are a tenant in a property owned by the Crown.
People with over £16,000 in savings will not normally qualify for any benefit.