Our Housing Options and Advice Service will do everything they can to prevent you becoming homeless in the first place or make a referral for you to get help to secure suitable alternative settled accommodation for you and your family by way of direct lettings in the private rented sector.

If you are eligible for assistance, homeless and in priority need, temporary accommodation may be offered whilst your homeless application is being looked at or if the council has made a positive decision that it has accepted a duty to rehouse you and you are waiting permanent housing.

If we agree to provide temporary accommodation this might be one of the following:  
  Hostel accommodation
  A property leased in the
  private rented sector
  Housing association stock
  Bed and breakfast accommodation

We have developed a wide range of approaches to providing temporary accommodation. In most instances we will try to find you temporary accommodation within the borough to match your family needs. We work with a range of public and private sector partners providing good quality and well-managed properties. This has meant we are not over reliant on any one scheme