Free, confidential housing advice for residents and landlords
The page gives information about a variety of common issues. For further advice, please contact our housing team using our online form.
If you're not threatened with homelessness right now, but worried you might be in the future, please contact the Trailblazer team. They can offer support and advice to resolve issues that may otherwise lead to eviction.
The Trailblazer team work across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. You can email them at trailblazer@fenland.gov.uk.
If you're a landlord or agent, you can also get free advice from this service.
Even if the Trailblazer team can't help directly, they may know who can. Common issues include:
We are working together with the Trailblazer service to provide free help and advice to private sector landlords in Fenland. We can:
To find out more, please email housingadvice@fenland.gov.uk or call 01354 654321.
Ways to find a private rented property include:
Outreach support is offered to people needing help to stay living independently in their homes. Advice can also be offered about finding suitable accommodation, home security and improving wellbeing. Anybody can apply.
To find out more, call 'People Potential Possibilities' on 0115 850 8190 or visit their website.
The following organisations can also provide support around housing issues:
| People released from prison or youth detention centres | Search 'gov uk' or 'ymca' |
| Care leavers | Search 'The Care Leavers Foundation' or the 'Capstone Care Leavers Trust' |
| Former members of regular armed forces | Search 'Veterans Gateway', 'Armed Forces Covenant' and 'Armed Forces Charities' |
| Victims of domestic abuse | Call the National Domestic Hotline on 0800 2000 247. You can also search 'Refuge' and 'Men's Advice Line' |
| Hospital leavers | Search 'The Ferry Project' to find local night shelters. The hospital can complete a duty to refer or contact local night shelters. Help for people suffering from a mental illness or learning disability can be found by searching 'Mind' or 'Mencap'. |
If you're single, 16 and over and are looking for supported accommodation, you can complete a 'Future's Form' in one of our Customer Service Centres or Community Hubs. We will then refer this to the relevant housing providers.
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