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

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

6 January 2025 22 September 2025
3 February 2025 20 October 2025
3 March 2025 17 November 2025
31 March 2025 15 December 2025
2 May 2025 12 January 2026
2 June 2025 9 February 2026
30 June 2025 9 March 2026
28 July 2025 2 April 2026
22 August 2025  

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