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Housing, homelessness, losing your home


Homelessness

Help if you’re homeless, or might be homeless in the next 2 months. This could be because of rent arrears, debt, the end of a relationship, or because you have nowhere to live.

Eviction, told to leave your home

Landlord has told you to leave or is trying to force you to leave. Includes if you’ve got a Section 21 or a possession order.

Forced to sell or losing the home you own

Repossession by your mortgage company; bankruptcy or other debt that means you will lose the home you own.

Repairs, health and safety

If your house is not safe to live in, or needs repairs, and this is causing health or safety problems.

Problems with council housing

Help to challenge the council’s decision about giving you housing. It includes if the council has offered a house that is not right for you, or that needs repairs or adaptations.


More problems


Being threatened or harassed where you live

By a landlord, neighbour or someone else.

If you’re an asylum-seeker

Applying for housing, losing your housing or homelessness.

Discrimination

Treated unfairly by a landlord, council or housing association.

If you’ve been accused of anti-social behaviour

Accused of anti-social behaviour by the landlord, council or housing association.

If you cannot find your problem: housing

Next steps to get help