Providing homes and creating sustainable communities

Useful rent tools

Useful tools to help you with your rent

We've created some calculator tools to help you with your rent. 

If you have any rent debt you'll be able to use our calculator to understand how much you could afford to pay back and how long it'll take you to pay the debt back. 

You can also use our rent payment calculator if you claim housing benefits to understand whether you might have any rent shortfall. 

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Rent payment calculator



If you claim housing benefit, use this calculator to work out your shortfall (the difference between the rent charged and your benefit received).

Please note, this calculator is a guide only. If your housing benefit amount changes, the amount you may have to pay may also change.

Rent debt calculator


Please enter your rent debt with a decimal point ie. 100.00
Please enter value with a decimal point ie. 50.00

Useful links

You'll find some useful links to different websites below. Including the Government benefits calculator where you can work out what financial help you may be entitled to. You'll also find links to Citizens advice and the National Debtline both of which offer free confidential advice and support. 

Government benefits calculator
Citizen's Advice
National Debtline