Are you at risk of being homeless?

You might be at risk of being without a home for all sorts of reasons including:

• Getting behind with your mortgage
• Problems renting privately
• Domestic abuse
• In hospital and cannot return home
• Former veteran
• Leaving care
• Leaving prison
• Your parents asking you to leave.

What does being homeless mean?

You are threatened with homelessness if you:

• Find yourself in a situation that is likely to leave you homeless in 56 days
• Have received a valid notice to quit your accommodation (Section 21 notice)
• Have received a notice that your landlord requires possession of your accommodation (Notice of Seeking Possession or NOSP) which expires within 56 days.

You could be homeless if you:

• Have no home in the UK or elsewhere that you have a legal right to occupy
• Have a movable home such as a boat or caravan and there is nowhere it can be placed lawfully
• Are at risk from harm if you stay in your current home.

What do I do?

• If you or someone you know is homeless or will be homeless soon complete a referral form
• For out of hours support in the event of an emergency see our emergency contacts.

Or you can contact  Shelter (external link) for free, independent advice.

What happens next?

If possible, we will first try to keep you in your current home. We will:

• Talk to you about your circumstances to help us understand your situation and any support and help you may need
• Look at whether or not you have local connections in the area e.g. close family, job, how long you’ve lived there, special circumstances
• Fill in a Personal Housing Support Plan and agree with you on what support is needed
• Allocate you a case officer and confirm a contact method.

You will need to keep in regular contact with us so we can check on how you're progressing with your Personal Housing Support Plan.