Housing Advice

The Housing Needs team assess all applications for council housing, including homeless applicants, and provide advice and assistance about housing problems. We also allocate council properties including nominations to Housing Associations who have properties in the borough. Refer to the Navigation on the left of this page for links to all our housing related information and advice.

Threatened with Homelessness

The Housing Needs Team will work with you to try and stop this from happening. We can provide help with:

• informing you about your legal rights in your home
• rent arrears
• mortgage arrears
• contact Gov.uk  (external link) for more information about mortgage help.
• getting help to pay your rent
• disrepair in your home
• problems where your landlord is not willing to return your deposit
• claiming benefits
• housing options.

It is important that you contact us as soon as you feel you have a problem. The sooner we know of any problems the sooner we are able to help you sort them out.

How to Access the Service

Contact the Housing Needs Team .

If we are unable to help you we can refer you to someone that may be able to.