Finding a place to live

Finding a place to live

This guide provides information about housing options. It explains how to get temporary accommodation and how to find a more permanent home.

Contents include:

  • Renting privately
  • Permanent council housing
  • Housing associations
  • Housing co-ops
  • Buying a home
  • Longer-term hostels
  • Sheltered housing
  • Squatting

Please note this guide only applies to English and Welsh law.

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Author: Shelter

Published: August 2008

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‘Clear and easy to understand.’

Source:

Tracey Madgewick, Service Housing Options Officer, Gosport BC.

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