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Rough sleeping is a complicated problem to solve. The following scenarios can push people already on the brink into homelessness or rough sleeping. Making Money Count offers everyday help with money; being online; finding work; renting; universal credit. All the information is reliable, practical and easy to follow. It is brought to you by organisations working across Cambridgeshire, West Norfolk and Peterborough who want to help make life fairer for everyone. Healthy Happy Holidays – provides food and activities for children eligible for benefit related free school meals This government leaflet sets out How to buy a home including working out what you can afford, and the various freehold options available. Peterborough JCP: 45, Bridge Street, Peterborough PE1 1HA. Phone 0800 1690190 or textphone 0800 169 0314

This form will take between 30 and 45 minutes to complete. Do not complete the form if you are not homeless, threatened with homelessness within the next 56 days or have received a valid notice to quit from your landlord. There are a number of government schemes available to make buying a home more affordable. You can use the “own your own home” on-line tool to find out which scheme is right for you by answering some simple questions. The schemes include: Provides information and support to help people stay independent, safe and well, latest version 2020/21 We may also need to visit your home to verify your homeless circumstances. Documents you need to bring with you

Our outreach teams work at all different times of the day and night. They help people sleeping rough to get off the streets and into accommodation. Local authorities have a duty to advise and assist any resident with a housing problem. If a person is homeless, threatened with homelessness, being harassed or thinks they are being illegally evicted; if they cannot afford housing in a suitable location etc. they can approach the district housing for advice and assistance. The council teams will try to help the customer find a suitable solution. Choice Based Lettings is a way of allocating social housing. It gives people seeking accommodation with a social landlord the choice of the type of property and area of the city they would like to live. of households or around 20,714 were renting privately from a landlord or letting agent, or were living “rent free”.

Local authorities have a duty to advise and assist any resident with a housing problem. If a person is homeless, threatened with homelessness, being harassed or thinks they are being illegally evicted; if they cannot afford housing in a suitable location etc. they can approach local authority for advice and assistance. These teams will help the customer find a suitable solution for their individual situation. Advice When applying for another council area, you may need to have a local connection to the area. Social housing properties – alternative size The specialist drug and alcohol service Change Grow Live provides support to people affected by drug and alcohol use, known as Aspire CGL You can then search and bid for properties through our Choice Based Lettings Scheme. This part of the process may take between two and six years. It depends on your banding priority, bedroom entitlement and supply and demand for homes. You may find that hundreds of people bid on one home.In Peterborough, the level of demand for social housing exceeds supply. We have a high number of applicants on the Housing Register. There are long waiting times for social housing. At the homelessness interview one of our officers will discuss your housing situation and the possible options available to you. They will want to know details such as: There is useful guidance on how to make sure your rented home is safe, here How to rent a safe home When you approach us as homeless one of our officers will assess your application in line with the Homeless Reduction Act 2017 procedure (PDF). The Act sets out guidelines about who may be eligible for assistance. Our officer has to make a decision using the information that you give them during the homelessness interview.