Crisis Resilience Fund
From April 2026 The Crisis and Resilience Fund, known as CRF, has been made available to local authorities in England to support low-income households who encounter a financial shock and to support activity that builds individual and community financial resilience. The Crisis and Resilience Fund replaces the former Housing Support Fund and the Discretionary Payment scheme which both ended on 31 March 2026.
The aims of the Crisis and Resilience Fund are
- Provision of effective crisis needs-based assistance to those with low incomes facing financial shocks
- Improving individual financial resilience enabling individuals to manage financial shocks
- Bolstering the local level support landscape through joined up local level support services
Full information can be found on gov.uk
From 1 April 2026, South Derbyshire District Council is responsible for Housing Payments part of the Crisis and Resilience Fund. Housing Payments are a direct replacement for the former Discretionary Housing Payments scheme. You can find details of our Housing Payments policy, procedures and application form details here.