Housing

To help you find the information you require more easily, we have split this page into relevant sections:

General Housing Issues

Citizens Advice

Useful information from the Citizens Advice website.

National Government Advice

Your legal obligations and rights when renting, buying or owning a home, plus information about Council Tax, what to do if you’re homeless and where to get help if you have a housing dispute.
Government Advice

Local Government Advice

Stratford on Avon District Council Housing Advice

Warwick District Council Housing Advice

Shelter

Useful information from the Shelter website about all aspects of housing advice including: homelessness, eviction, private and social renting, repairs and housing benefit.

Rent and mortgage arrears

Citizens Advice

Useful information from the Citizens Advice website.

Rent arrears

Mortgage arrears

Renting

Citizens Advice

Useful information from the Citizens Advice website on all aspects of social and private renting.

Renting a Home

Government Advice

Government Advice on renting in private and social housing sectors

Private Renting

Social Housing

Shelter

Useful information from the Shelter website on private and social renting.

Housing Support

Support agencies offering housing support to enable people to maintain their tenancies:

P3 Warwickshire: A county-wide, bespoke floating support service is for adults over the age of 25 who need support to manage and maintain their accommodation if it is at risk, enabling clients to tackle the reasons they are struggling to maintain their property, or to tackle homelessness and support homelessness applications.

Together Your Way (Warwickshire): specialist housing support for those with mental health issues to maintain their tenancies and stay in their homes.

Homelessness Support

Local charities helping people who are homeless or rough sleeping. There are many other hostels and additional support services but these are normally best accessed through referral/signposting from one of the contacts below:

Warwick and Leamington

ESH : Support with addiction such as alcohol and drugs; offering peer and family support

Helping Hands Community Project : food, furniture, clothes, sleeping bag, nurse, toiletries, rucksacks and referrals.

Leamington Night Shelter providing evening meal and shelter (currently closed due to COVID): see also...

Leamington Winter Support offering evening meal and shelter in large room on Friday 8:15pm-9:30pm, Saturday & Sunday 7:30pm-9:00pm at St John’s Church, Tachbrook Street.

The Way Ahead Project offering housing options, benefits/work advice, breakfast, laundry, shower, computers, food vouchers, addiction support, activities, sleeping bags and referrals.

Stratford on Avon District

Useful information from Stratford on Avon District Council.

Warwick and Leamington

Safeguarding: 18 years and under: 01926 410 410/886 922

Mental Health Crisis: 0300 200 0011 or Mental Health Matters : 0800 616 171

Police including Missing Persons : 01926 451111/101/999

Emergency Accommodation : 01926 339 577