Help with housing costs is usually only paid on the home you live in.
But, in some exceptional circumstances, if you’ve moved into your new home and still have to pay rent on your old home, we can pay housing benefit to help with the rent on your old home for a period of up to four weeks.
You will need to explain why the overlap couldn’t be avoided and you must provide proof from your old landlord of the date you gave your notice and the date your liability to pay the rent ends.