The Homelessness Reduction Act increases the requirements for Barnet Council to help all eligible applicants – rather than just those with a ‘priority need’.
Under the new Act, Barnet Council can help you if you are:
- Eligible for assistance (according to your immigration status in the UK) and
- Homeless or at risk of homelessness within 56 days. You may be homeless if you are:
- asked to leave your current home
- living in overcrowded conditions
- living in accommodation that is no longer affordable
- being at risk of violence such as domestic violence or abuse
- suffering from medical problems being made worse by your housing
- disabled and living in a home that does not meet your needs
Particular homelessness situations
- Debt advice & employment support
- Domestic abuse
- Care leavers
- Hospital discharge
- Mental health
- Leaving prison
- Eviction from private rented sector accommodation
- Single-person households
- Substance misuse
For more information
- Click here to read the new legislation
- Click here to read the government’s Code of Guidance about the new law