Guidance for specific homelessness situations
Below is a list of specific circumstances that may apply to you and how we can help.
Contact Northamptonshire Children’s Trust
If you find yourself without a home, contact Northamptonshire Children's Trust who can offer you advice on the options available to you, and help you mediate with your family if this is what you want.
How we can support you
You are entitled to support if you are deemed to be in need. There is support available to children and their families under a law called the Children Act 1989.
Different kinds of support can be provided (including accommodation and/or financial support), depending on your circumstances. For example, if you are homeless or about to be homeless, or you do not have enough money to access essential things (like food, travel, clothes), you may be able to access this support.
You will be offered options and both a social worker and a housing officer will work with you to put together a plan to support you.
The Northamptonshire Children’s Trust website has useful resources and information about moving homes.
For more information, our 16/17-year-old joint protocol outlines how we will work with young people. It sets out the responsibilities of Children's Social Care, Housing and partner agencies. Its purpose is to safeguard the well-being of the young person and to prevent homelessness.
Your landlord must follow the correct legal process before making you leave. The process depends on the type of tenancy you have. If you need to work out the type of tenancy you have, you can use Shelter’s Tenancy Checker.
If you have been given notice by your landlord, you can check if it’s legally valid.
If your landlord tries to make you leave without following this process, this may be considered harassment or illegal eviction.
If you're reaching the end of your Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) and are worried that you may have to leave before you find somewhere else to live, contact us as soon as possible. The sooner you contact us, the more we can do to help you.
How to contact us
For full details on how best to contact us, see what to do if you're homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
We understand this will be a really distressing time for you and you will be worried.
Our housing options team can help you to explore any opportunities that make it possible for you to stay at home, even for a little while longer.
While this may not be an ideal solution, we can then help you to use this time to explore other housing options.
You can find more information about rights you may have and help available to you, on the Shelter website.
How to contact us
For full details on how best to contact us, see what to do if you're homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
You can visit our Cost of Living pages for further advice on where to save money and find support.
If you are currently renting a social housing property you can visit the website of your housing association for direct support in paying your rent:
- Northamptonshire Partnership Homes
- Amplius (formerly Grand Union Housing Group)
- Futures Housing Group
- East Midlands Housing
Last updated 10 April 2025