Planned System Maintenance - Limited Service

Sunderland City Council will be carrying out planned system maintenance from 12 noon on Friday 5th June until 7am on Tuesday 9th June. During this period, we will only be able to respond to urgent enquiries. If your enquiry is not urgent, please contact us before or after these times when full services will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Discretionary Housing Payments Scheme (DHP)

The 2025-2026 Sunderland City Council Discretionary Housing Payment scheme ended on 31 March 2026.

The council has developed the new Crisis and Resilience Fund - Housing Payments which replaces Discretionary Housing Payments from 1 April 2026. For more information please see our Crisis and Resilience Fund page.