Housing Support

 

We know that housing issues, such as damp, overcrowding, needing to leave your home, or being at risk of homelessness,  can have a big impact on your health and wellbeing.

While GP practices are not able to provide housing or make housing decisions, we can still support you in several important ways.

What we can do:

  • Provide a clinical summary and help you access your own health records.
  • Signpost you to housing support. Housing services are provided by your local council, not the GP practice.
  • Support your health needs if you’re homeless. You can register with us even if you do not have ID, a fixed address, or proof of residence.
  • Support your ongoing medical needs and refer you to other services if needed.

What we cannot do:

  • We cannot get you moved to a new home.
  • We cannot make decisions about housing priority or emergency accommodation.
  • We cannot contact the council on your behalf to request housing.
  • We cannot influence the outcome of the council’s housing assessment.
  • We cannot provide doctors letters about housing: More information about why we do not proved Housing Letters

These responsibilities sit with your local authority

Support from Lambeth Council

Raise a complaint about ongoing housing issues

Emergency Accommodation

Support for the Homeless

Emergency food
  • MyCommunity 0333 360 3700 Monday to Friday 9.30 to 4.30pm
  • Free Lunch: Mon, Tues & Wed - 12 - 2pm - Stockwell Community Park Trust 21 Aytoun Place Stockwell London SW9 0TE

Housing and Domestic Violence

If you are fleeing your home due to abuse, violence or threatening behaviour, you are advised to approach any local authority where you feel safe.

A refuge can provide somewhere safe for you and your children to stay. You can often get a place on the day you call, but you can't usually book a place for a future date

Housing for No recourse to public funds (NRPF

People who have no recourse to public funds are not eligible for housing assistance from the council. If you seek help because you are homeless, we will offer advice and support

Citizens Advice and law centres will also be able to provide advice. For more information, please contact the Citizens Advice Bureau Lambeth on 0800 254 0298, press option 4 (10am-4pm, Mon-Fri)

If you are homeless or due to be homeless in the next 56 days, the council may have a legal duty to prevent or relieve your homelessness. Please contact them on 020 7926 4200

You may also find help from these national organisations

Shelter
Offers advice on homelessness, eviction, private renting, council housing and more

Citizens Advice
Provides housing-and-housing-rights guidance across England (renting, repairs, moving, discrimination).

Housing Justice
National charity working on housing justice issues (especially for the vulnerable) in England & Wales

National Housing Federation
National body for housing associations, relevant for social housing and housing-policy issues.

Crisis
At Crisis we understand what you need to find your way out of homelessness. We can help you get set up for a more stable future.If you are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless, we can help you.To us, homeless means sleeping on the streets or living in a hostel, shelter or refuge. It also means living in supported housing because you have been homeless, sofa surfing, or living with friends/family as you have nowhere else to go. And it can mean living in a B&B, or squat.

Shelter
Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help.

Mosaic Club house
Support for adults that are experiencing crisis

Support with repairs for Tenants
Help with repairs with damp, mould, leaks, flooding, no heating, unsafe electrics, also with free legal help, and potential compensation.

 

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