Homelessness

Preventing homelessness – advice and support

If you are homeless or threatened with homelessness, we can help. We’ll always try to prevent you from becoming homeless in the first instance.

There are lots of services to help you to stay in your current home, including help with mortgage advice, tenancy matters or relationship breakdown.

If staying in your current home isn’t an option, we can help you look for a new home or other alternatives.

You may find it useful to look at some of our advice leaflets:

General advice and guidance

• Struggling to pay rent, rent arrears
• Homelessness – how we can help you
• Know your housing – homelessness advice

Particular homelessness situations

• Care leavers and young people housing advice and homelessness
• Domestic abuse and homelessness
• Homeless ex-armed forces
• Homeless on hospital discharge
• Homeless when released from prison
• Housing advice for older people
• Housing advice for people being asked to leave accommodation provided by family or friends
• Housing advice for people being evicted from the private sector
• Relationship breakdown housing advice (non-violent)

Rough sleeping information

For advice and support if you are rough sleeping or to tell us about someone that is, please visit: StreetLink. Shelter also offers advice at: Shelter - Get a place to stay if you're homeless and on the streets