Meres & Mosses Housing Association

Homelessness

What does homelessness mean?

You are homeless or threatened with homelessness if you:

Have nowhere to live in the UK or anywhere else in the world;
Cannot live at home because of threats of violence or actual violence;
Have nowhere else you can live together with all your family;
Live in a boat or mobile home and you are not allowed back in or have nowhere to leave it;
Have somewhere to live, but it is not reasonable for you to remain there.

‘Threatened with homelessness’ means that you are likely to become homeless in 28 days.

North Shropshire District Council run the Homelessness Service in North Shropshire. Their experienced Homelessness Officer will interview you and conduct full enquiries on behalf of the Council. Your caseworker will be your point of contact throughout your application and will pass your case to a senior officer for a final decision on your application once all enquiries are complete. If you fail to respond to a request for information or your caseworker loses contact with you then it may be deemed that you wish to withdraw your application by your conduct. It is important therefore that you comply with your Homelessness Officers requests for information from you.

If, after carrying out our enquiries, NSDC are able to house you, you will be offered a home with enough bed-spaces for your household. All accommodation is let on the basis of the bed-spaces it is deemed to have, not on the number of rooms.

Your allocation will be calculated on the following basis:

Single people will be entitled to a bedsit or one bedroom flat
Couples are entitled to one bedroom
Adults and people over 16 are entitled to a bedroom each
Two children of the same sex under the age of 16 would normally be expected to share a bedroom - there is a common misconception that there is law stating that it is illegal for children of opposite sexes to share a bedroom - If, however both children are both nearing 16 and are of opposite sexes it may be that you will be offered a property with a bedroom for each.

Who do I need to contact?
If you are homeless or think you might become homeless in the near future, you should contact North Shropshire District Council on 01939 232771 for advice and information. This contact number has an Emergency Out of Hours Service.