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Pay towards your rent

using Housing Perks Get help to save

Since we introduced the Housing Perks app last year, more than 1,300 Clanmil The government-backed Help to Save
customers have been saving money on groceries, clothing and eating out. scheme is expanding to include all
Housing Perks has launched a new feature where you can use the savings you Universal Credit claimants who are in
make towards paying your rent. work, offering up to £1,200 in free cash.

How does it work? For example, if you buy a £50 voucher for
If you’re a Clanmil customer, you can select Tesco in Housing Perks, you get 4% off, so you From April 6, 2025, the £793.17 or receive Working Ask our Money
the rent contributions option on the Housing would pay £48 and save the rest. But when eligibility criteria was Tax Credit.
Perks app. When it is selected, the feature will you turn on the rent contribution feature on expanded to include all But from April 6, 2025, the Advice Team
divert the money saved on vouchers to go the app, the £2 you’ve saved will go towards Universal Credit claimants who scheme is expanding to
towards your rent. your rent. are in work. Workers can save a include all UC claimants If you need help or advice
Check your rent account little each month to get a who are in work, regardless about budgeting, claiming
tax-free bonus of £1,200 in four
To celebrate the launch of the new rent You can check what payments are being years. So if you weren’t eligible of earnings. Anyone who is benefits, appealing
benefits decisions, or
working and earns at least
contributions feature, Housing Perks is made by checking your rent account, either before, you could check again. £1 will be eligible. managing your household
offering a 10% discount on all your by logging into ClanmilConnect or by What is Help to Save? bills, our Money Advice
supermarket shopping at Asda, Tesco, contacting our Income Team on 028 9087 Any Catches? Team offer Clanmil
Sainsburys, Iceland and many more! 7034. You can also view any rent contributions Help to Save is a government- Not really – but there are customers free, impartial
backed savings account
These extra savings are available to all on your annual rent statement. designed to give a boost a few things to consider: and confidential advice.
Clanmil customers for a limited time When does Clanmil receive the to people on lower incomes. • You can withdraw money The team have helped
only, and the savings will be added to rent contribution? For every £1 you save, the anytime, but this might hundreds of Clanmil
your rent balance. government adds 50p – lower the bonus you receive. customers get benefits
Rent contributions are paid to Clanmil every meaning if you save £50 • If you claim benefits, having they didn’t know they were
How to claim your 10% discount Friday and can take up to two business days a month, you get an extra savings might affect how eligible for, and they could

• Download the Housing Perks App – to show up in your rent account. You will see £25 absolutely free. And much you get, so it’s worth help you. You can contact
checking before you start.
that rent contributions will show up as paid
available on iOS and Android. If you by ‘HPERKS’. the best part? You don’t If you have savings of the team directly by email:
have to save every month
haven’t signed up before, make sure to – it’s totally flexible! £6,000 or less, your benefits moneyadvice@clanmil.
have your Clanmil tenancy agreement You can choose to turn off the rent do not get affected. org.uk or by phone:
reference ready, as you’ll need it to contribution feature at any time. How Does It Work? • After four years, your 028 9087 7047.
claim this exclusive offer. You can save between £1 account will close, and Our website also has a
• Switch on the rent contributions feature. and £50 a month. After two you won’t be able to open range of free resources
• Buy a supermarket voucher for Asda, years, you get a bonus worth another one. to help you manage your
Tesco, Sainsburys or Iceland directly 50% of our highest balance. How To Get Started money and check what
through the Housing Perks app. It will So if you save £50 each benefits you could be
arrive in your app within a few seconds month, you get a bonus of Signing up is simple. entitled to.
and your saving will be credited to your £600 after two years. Go online to the gov.uk Visit: www.clanmil.org.uk/
rent account. Keep going for another two webpage – www.gov.uk/ help-and-support/money
• Use your voucher to pay at the years, and get another 50% get-help-savings-low-
income and apply through
supermarket. Scan this bonus on any extra savings your Government Gateway
QR code to you have made. That’s up account. If you don’t have one,
That’s it! Your 10% saving will automatically download to £1,200 in bonuses over
be credited to your rent account, so you save the app four years! you can set one up in minutes.
on rent while shopping for your groceries. Even if you can only save
Who Can Apply? a little each month, the
The scheme used to only be government will still boost
Privacy and Data Protection
When you register with Housing Perks, they will be the Data Controller of any information available to people who are your balance. So why not
you provide. Clanmil will not have access to any information you provide to Housing Perks.
We encourage you to read their Privacy Policy at www.yourhousingperks.com on Universal Credit and had a start today and give your
monthly take-home pay of savings a well-deserved lift?

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