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Basingstoke And Deane: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Basingstoke And Deane’s local crisis scheme covers, how to apply, and whether it was open when we checked.

Written by the benefitmoney.co.uk editorial team · Last reviewed 14 September 2026

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council runs its local crisis help as the Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF). It is a grant — not a loan: help with essentials, nothing to repay. This is a summary; Basingstoke And Deane’s own page (linked below) is the authority and the current position.

What Basingstoke And Deane’s scheme covers

Who qualifies: Must get Housing Benefit or UC with housing costs and need extra help with housing costs
How often: Awards are usually short term, normally 2 to 6 months
How to apply: Apply online, submitting a current rent statement and full bank statements
Not covered: Excludes shortfalls caused by benefit sanctions, suspensions or HB/UC overpayment recovery
Funding period: Replaces the Household Support Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments, which ended 31 March 2026
Government allocation: £262,759 for 2026-27

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is one of 11 district councils in Hampshire. In a two-tier area the county council runs crisis payments and the district runs the housing side of the fund — rent shortfalls, a deposit, rent in advance. Hampshire County Council was allocated £11,035,376 for 2026-27; Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council was allocated £262,759 of its own. If what you need is help with food or energy rather than rent, start with the Hampshire scheme.

What Basingstoke And Deane itself says

Who qualifies. “be able to demonstrate that they need additional financial support towards their housing costs”
How often. “normally for a period of two to six months”
How to apply. “current rent statement and full bank statements for all accounts including savings accounts”
Not covered. “Benefit sanctions/suspensions or shortfall caused by HB or UC overpayment recovery”
Funding period. “replaces the Household Support Fund and Discretionary Housing Payments which end on 31 March 2026”

Quoted from Basingstoke And Deane’s own page↗, checked 14 September 2026. Nothing on this page is paraphrased into a rule the council has not published. The government allocation is from Annex A of the Crisis and Resilience Fund grant determination 2026 to 2027↗.

Apply on Basingstoke And Deane’s website

Applications are made on the council’s own site — this page collects nothing. If the link has moved, search the council site for “crisis and resilience”, then “household support”, then “welfare assistance”.

Open the Basingstoke And Deane scheme page

Source: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council — Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF). Opened 10 September 2026.

Where this money comes from

Central government funds it; the council sets the rules. A payment does not affect your benefits. How the fund works nationally.

Other help you may qualify for

Help with energy bills — grants and supplier schemes.
Eligibility checker — see what you could be entitled to.
White-goods grants — a broken fridge, cooker or washing machine.
Budgeting Advance or Budgeting Loan — interest-free from the DWP.

Not in Basingstoke And Deane?

See the other councils we have checked, or find yours via GOV.UK’s Get help with the cost of living from your local council↗.

Outside England the scheme has a different name: the Scottish Welfare Fund in Scotland, the Discretionary Assistance Fund in Wales, and Discretionary Support in Northern Ireland.

Recently checked elsewhere: Bassetlaw, East Hampshire, Reigate And Banstead — see all 141.

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This page is independent. It is not run by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, the Department for Work and Pensions or GOV.UK. Council schemes change without notice; the council’s own page is always the current position.