Content tagged with: housing

• Doncaster Supported Housing Improvement Programme

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/doncaster-supported-housing-improvement-programme

  The Supported Housing Improvement Programme (SHIP) is an England wide £20 million funding programme available from 2022-2025. The City of Doncaster Council was successful with its bid for funding and began operation of SHIP in mid-2023. SHIP focuses on three main areas of Supported Housing; Housing Benefits, Housing Standards and Support Review. The project aims to ensure supported housing provides safe and appropriate accommodation, delivers positive outcomes and provides value for money for the taxpayer.

• Specialist and Supported Housing

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/specialist-and-supported-housing

  Doncaster wants to ensure its residents live in homes that support good health and wellbeing. Providing the right homes and support is vital in enabling vulnerable people to live independently in the community; ensuring they have choice and control of where and how they live.

• Harassment & Illegal Eviction

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/ending-a-tenancy-harassment-and-illegal-eviction-and-antisocial-behaviour

  Tenants are protected from illegal eviction and harassment by the Protection from Eviction Act (1977). It's vitally important that you feel safe and secure in your home and you should not tolerate threats or harassment from your landlord. There are clear legal processes to follow if your landlord wishes to end your tenancy. If they fail to follow these steps they may be acting illegally and the Housing Enforcement team can intervene.

• Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Register

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/planning/self-build-register

  The Council has set up a register for people who are interested in a self-build or custom-build home in the Doncaster area.

• About Public Health

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/health-wellbeing/about-public-health

  The council is responsible for a number of public health functions:

• Support for our Armed Forces Community

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/adult-social-care/support-for-our-armed-forces-community

  In Doncaster, we acknowledge and understand that those who serve or who have served in the armed forces, and their families, should be treated with fairness and respect in the communities, economy and society they serve or have served with their lives. This page provides Information about the support and services available for the Doncaster Armed Forces Community.

• What is Local Housing Allowance

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/council-tax-benefits/what-is-local-housing-allowance

  Local Housing Allowance (LHA) applies to most tenants who rent their home from a private landlord.

• Housing Adaptations

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing/adaptations

  Housing adaptations help you to stay mobile in and around your home.

• Service Area: Housing

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/housing

  Find out about affordable housing, applying for housing in a council house or housing association property, home alarm service, renting a house, home improvements, energy saving advice and grants.

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• Apply for it: Discretionary Housing Payments application form

  www.doncaster.gov.uk/doitonline/discretionary-housing-payment-application-form

  Discretionary Housing Payments provide extra help if you are already getting housing benefit or Universal Credit (including housing costs) but...