Homeless Prevention and Advice

If you believe that you may become homeless it is important that you seek advice as soon as possible. By making contact with the Housing advice team early we may be able to prevent you from losing your home.

Telephone Housing Advice: 01827 709459
Email: Housingadvice@tamworth.gov.uk

Further information is available in the Homelessness booklet, which you can obtain at Marmion House or from the the link on the right.

Please note that the law does not protect everyone who becomes homeless. If the Council has a duty to you as a homeless household who is in priority need and unintentionally homeless, you will be awarded highest priority banding under the Finding a Home choice based lettings allocation scheme.

You will be able to express an interest on vacant advertised properties that meet your housing needs. High priority bandings are reviewed after 2 months.

If you do not fall in to one of the priority need categories, you may still be able to find accommodation through the Council’s Finding a Home scheme as well as other housing options such as:

• The Bond scheme. The Council provides a guarantee to private landlords against rent arrears, loss or damage to the property for 6 months (conditions apply). Full details are available in the Bond scheme leaflet. This is also available from Marmion House.

You can also contact the Housing Advisor Sue Phipps for further information.
Email Sue-Phipps@tamworth.gov.uk
Telephone (01827) 709459

The following leaflets are produced by Tamworth Borough Council. Available online or from Marmion House.

Homelessness - Single people (pdf)
Homelessness Prevention (pdf)
Bed and Breakfasts (pdf)

and
The Hostel / Emergency accommodation list

If you are a home owner and faced with repossession there are a number of mortgage schemes to help you.

Links to external organisations that may be able to offer advice are listed on the right.

We want you to tell us what you think of our Housing Advice service and how we could improve it. Please take a couple of minutes to download the questionnaire.