Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) housing payments

If you’re getting Universal Credit with the Housing Element, or Housing Benefit, and struggle to pay your rent, you could be eligible for a Crisis and Resilience Fund Housing Payment. These were previously called Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP). 

CRF Housing Payment is a short term or one off payment that is available for those experiencing exceptional financial hardship.

What CRF Housing Payments can help with

CRF Housing Payments may help with:

• rent shortfalls where your Housing Benefit or Universal Credit housing support does not cover your full rent
• rent in advance
• rent deposits
• moving costs if you are moving to more affordable or suitable accommodation

What CRF Housing Payments cannot help with

CRF Housing Payments cannot help with:

• living costs such as water, fuel or food
• any of the rent you pay towards service charges that are not included in your Housing Benefit or Housing Element award (these are called ineligible service charges)
• the amount of Housing benefit or Universal Credit being recovered for an overpayment
• the amount of any benefit not paid due to sanction

For further information on Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) Housing Payments, please see:

Anglia Revenues Partnership - CRF Housing Payments