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Gosport: Household Support Fund & Crisis and Resilience Fund

What Gosport’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

Gosport 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; Gosport’s own page (linked below) is the authority and the current position.

What Gosport’s scheme covers

Who qualifies: Must live in Gosport, pay rent, and receive or qualify for Housing Benefit or UC housing costs
How to apply: Phone the council
You will need: May require proof of medical conditions or extra expenses
Not covered: Excludes ineligible service charges such as water, gas, electric and support charges
Funding period: CRF Housing Payments run 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029
Government allocation: £78,924 for 2026-27

Gosport 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; Gosport Borough Council was allocated £78,924 of its own. If what you need is help with food or energy rather than rent, start with the Hampshire scheme.

What Gosport itself says

Who qualifies. “you get Housing Benefit or Universal Credit (with Housing costs), or you qualify for them but have not been paid yet”
You will need. “This may include proof of any medical conditions or extra expenses”
Not covered. “Ineligible service charges such as water, gas, electric and support charges”
Funding period. “1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029”

Quoted from Gosport’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 Gosport’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 Gosport scheme page

Source: Gosport 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

DWP phone numbers — which line to call, and for what.
Borrowing while on benefits — what it costs and what it does to your award.
Crisis Loans — what replaced them, and where to apply now.
Help with energy bills — grants and supplier schemes.

Not in Gosport?

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: Gravesham, Newcastle-under-Lyme, West Lancashire — see all 141.

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This page is independent. It is not run by Gosport 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.