The Household Support Fund — local council-administered help with essentials like food, energy, and water bills — closed on 31 March 2026. It was replaced by the Crisis and Resilience Fund, which merges it with Discretionary Housing Payments. Every English council is now running its own version under its own local name and rules — funded at £842m/year (c.£1bn including Barnett impact) from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029.
If you're still searching for the Household Support Fund by name, you're looking for your council's Crisis and Resilience Fund (or equivalent local scheme) instead. Find it below.
This only covers England — the Household Support Fund was an England-only scheme. Scotland has its own long-standing Scottish Welfare Fund, separate from this transition.
We've confirmed a named replacement scheme for 293 councils so far. If your council isn't listed below, visit its own page — it'll show any nation-wide schemes it's covered by while we keep researching local replacements.