How a young person can be assisted if they have no accommodation and are faced with having to sleep rough.

Gatekeeping is the name given where a council refuses to take a homelessness application and/or provide interim accommodation where they have a duty to do so. This page looks at how advisers can help young people who find themselves in this situation.

This page explains the process of applying as homeless for young people and how advisers can support a young person in making an application.

This page explains what a homelessness review is, when a review can be requested, and how advisers can support a young person with a review.

This page explains what the law says about intentional homelessness, and how advisers can help young people who have been found, or are at risk of being found, intentionally homeless.

This page looks at the law where a young person will be homeless on leaving custody or secure accommodation, and how advisers can help them.

When a young person makes a homelessness application, the council can, in some circumstances, refer them to another council. This page explains when councils can make a local connection referral.

This page explains how young people can get help paying for their accommodation when they are on a low income, and how advisers can help them to access this help.

What is meant by priority need, and how advisers can help young people who need advice on issues around priority need.

What the law says about suitability of accommodation, and what action advisers can take when the council have offered a young homeless person unsuitable accommodation.

Information about schemes to protect deposits paid on assured shorthold tenancy.