Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

Vale of White Horse District Council

Homelessness prevention

If you have lost or are at risk of losing your home you should contact the Housing Advice Team - for contact details see How to contact the Housing Advice Team. They will take all reasonable action to ensure that you do not lose your home.

Homelessness is an unavoidable situation and the Council has a statutory duty to help people who find themselves in this position.

The Council has a duty to provide accommodation only to certain "priority" groups. These may include families with children, households with a pregnant person or individuals that are considered vulnerable such as the elderly, disabled or persons with mental health issues.

Households that are accepted as statutory homeless are normally provided with temporary accommodation and have a limited time period to bid under the Choice Based Lettings scheme before being made one suitable offer of accommodation by the Council.

To find out more about how the Council is working to prevent homelessness please download its Homlessness Strategy from the right of the page.

See also our page about the Abingdon Nightstop scheme which provides emergency overnight accommodation for homeless people aged between 16 and 25.