Homelessness and housing

• Advice if you’re homeless, threatened with homelessness or have a problem with your landlord
• Advice if you’re behind with your rent or mortgage repayments, or you’re being taken to court for repossession of your property
• If you are threatened with court action, you should take advice before your court hearing. You can also access the independent duty advice service at Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft county courts
• Your local district or borough council will also have a housing advice service

National Support

• Citizens Advice Bureau house guide
• DirectGov: rent arrears
• DirectGov: evictions and homelessness
• DirectGov: social housing
• Shelter: the housing and homelessness charity

Support from Suffolk Councils

• Suffolk County Council housing advice

Local support in Suffolk

• Citizens Advice Bureaux List of local branches
• Coastal Homeless Action Group - Saxmundham: 01728 602529, Felixstowe: 01394 276115
• Ipswich County Court Advice and Representation Service (ICCARS)
• Ipswich Housing Action Group, PO Box 122, Ipswich, IP1 3RU, Tel 01473 213102
• Shelter Eastern Counties, Tudor House, 13 East Stockwell Street, Colchester, CO1 1SS 0800 0851798
• Suffolk InfoLink information on housing
• Suffolk Legal Partnership (Babergh, Mid Suffolk and Suffolk Coastal) 01473 407129 (from January 2009)

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