Housing rent payment options
As part of our phone upgrades, you may experience a problem paying your housing rent by phone. Visit how to pay your rent for other payment options.
Ways to pay your housing rent
Ways to pay your council housing rent, information you need to pay.
Pay your housing rent by Direct Debit
A Direct Debit is free to set up and it is an easy way to schedule regular payments.
You can set up a Direct Debit online.
You can also use the online form to amend your existing Direct Debit instruction.
We cannot accept Direct Debit payments for leaseholders or bed and breakfast charges.
What you will need
To complete the form you will need your:
- bank or building society name and full address
- account number
- branch sort code
- address
- payment reference number – starts with 50 and contains 11 numbers
If your rent is paid by someone else, you will need their name and address.
When payment comes out
You can choose if your payment comes out:
- every two weeks on a Friday
- monthly, on the 1st, 10th or 20th day of each month