Housing Benefit: your payment dates

Find out when they're due and early payment dates for bank holidays.

All the payment dates for 2025 are shown in the table below. You can also download a copy of the Housing Benefit calendars, which tell you when each payment is due for 2025 and 2026.

Housing Benefit calendars

• 2025 (PDF)
• 2026 (PDF)

An interim payment run is produced each week to pick up any missed changes in circumstances for past payment periods, covering up to the end of the current four week payment period. You may therefore receive an adjustment payment outside your usual four weekly payment.

Payment dates for 2025/26