Housing options if you are experiencing domestic abuse
Housing options if you are experiencing domestic abuse
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- Call the police on 999 if you need immediate help. If you cannot speak and are on a mobile, listen to the operator and press 55 when prompted
- Camden Safety Net is Camden’s domestic abuse service. Contact the duty worker on 020 7974 2526, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
- If it's not safe for you to stay in Camden, you can approach any council to get support
If you are experiencing or are at risk of domestic abuse in your home or the place where you normally live you are considered homeless. You do not need to wait to flee or leave your home. Contact us to discuss your housing options and the help available.
If you are an existing council tenant
If you are a Camden Council tenant and experiencing domestic abuse, you should contact your Neighbourhood Housing Officer (NHO). They will help you access housing support and advise you about your options. This could include help to:
- secure your home and remove the perpetrator
- access temporary accommodation, if you need to urgently flee
- move to a different council property using our housing allocation scheme
- move to a safe borough through a scheme with another council
If your situation is urgent, call us on 020 7974 4444.
If you are at risk of homelessness
If you are experiencing domestic abuse or feel unsafe in your home, we can provide you with confidential housing advice and support. You do not need to wait to flee, you can approach us at any point. The support we provide can include:
- help with extra security such as changing locks, personal alarms and reinforced doors
- providing access to a refuge or emergency accommodation
- assisting you with settled future accommodation
If you are experiencing or are at risk of domestic abuse, you can ask any council for help to find another place to live.
Find out what to do if you are experiencing domestic abuse and at risk of being homeless.
If you are a council or housing association tenant in a different borough
If you’re a housing association tenant or a council tenant in a different borough, we suggest that you contact your landlord directly to find out what help they can offer. They may be able to help you apply to move to a new safe home through a local transfer scheme, or a regional one such as the Greater London Authorities' Housing Moves scheme.
We want to make sure that you do not lose your right to a council or housing association tenancy because of the abuse that you have suffered. You can still make a homeless application to Camden and apply to join the housing register.
If you are applying to join the housing register
People experiencing domestic abuse are prioritised under our housing allocation scheme. This sets out the rules that decide who can apply for council and social housing available through the council. Demand for this type of housing is very high, and it can take a long time to be rehoused.
If you require urgent housing support, you can also contact our Homelessness Prevention Team or your Neighbourhood Housing Officer if you are a current tenant.
If you are experiencing or are at risk of domestic abuse, you can ask any council for help to find another place to live.
If you are not eligible for housing assistance
If you have no recourse to public funds this means that you are not eligible for most benefits or housing assistance. However, there may be other options available to you. Find out more about support if you have no recourse to public funds.
If you are street homeless
If you are sleeping on the streets, Routes off the Streets can provide support.
If you are homeless today and fleeing or at risk of domestic abuse, you can also contact us on 020 7974 4444.