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Swindon Borough Council has a team of Housing Options Advisors who can assist you if you are facing homelessness or are looking for somewhere to live and you are not sure what choices you have.
What to Do if You Become Homeless
Contact the Housing Options Team at the earliest opportunity to allow them time to explore all possible options.
These include:
- Applying for social housing
- Finding accommodation in the private sector
- Applying for supported housing
- Preventing your homelessness
- Helping with deposits for private lets
- Applying for low cost home ownership
- Applying for key worker housing
In certain circumstances, the Homeless Officer may be able to arrange emergency accommodation for you until our offices re-open.
Survival Guide
A 'Survival Guide' booklet (pictured, right) is available, which provides 'first point of contact' information for homeless people, those at risk of becoming homeless, and frontline workers assisting homeless people in the Swindon.
It gives basic information about services and agencies available in Swindon.
You can contact most of the agencies and services in the booklet yourself to ask for help and advice. In many cases the services will be able to help you immediately or refer you to another organisation that is more appropriate for your needs.
It is also available as a downloadable PDF file:
Survival Guide (776kb)
Other Useful Leaflets
The following are available as downloadable PDF files:
- Applying for Housing in Swindon (119Kb)
- Homeless? Useful Contacts and Information (57Kb)
- Your Housing Options (58Kb)
- Young People Homeless in Swindon (58Kb)
- Homeless in Swindon (41Kb)
- Homeless Flowchart (34Kb)
If you have any difficulty downloading any of these documents, paper copies can be sent to you - please contact Customer Services.