Homelessness Advice

Homelessness Advice

If you are homeless or threatened with homelessness within the next 8 weeks our Housing Solutions Team will:

• assess your situation
• provide you with a Personal Housing Plan

Your Personal Housing Plan will set out reasonable steps for you to take to prevent you becoming homeless, or to help you find somewhere to live.

Although we may have a duty to prevent your homelessness, or support you to find somewhere to live, this doesn’t mean that in all cases we have a duty to provide accommodation itself.

Chronic shortage of housing – If you are homeless you are very unlikely to be offered a council or housing association property due to the chronic shortage of housing. There are approximately 2000 households in Tendring who are currently on the Housing Register and there are very few available properties.  The help we are likely to offer you if you are homeless is advice and support for you to find privately rented accommodation.

If you are homeless, and you do not have a local connection to Tendring, you may be referred to a local authority where you do have a connection (unless you are at risk of violence or domestic abuse in that area).