Most rooms advertised in Birmingham want a month’s rent in advance, a deposit on top, and references. If you have just become homeless, left hospital, left prison or walked out of a difficult situation, that is not a hurdle — it is a wall. Our rooms do not work like that. This page explains what […]
If you need somewhere to live in Coventry and renting a flat on the open market is not realistic right now, supported housing may be an option. This page explains what it is, without the jargon. What supported housing is It is somewhere to live that comes with help attached. You get your own room […]
At the end of September 2025 there were 1,229 households in temporary accommodation in Coventry, including 889 households with children and 2,014 children. The autumn 2025 rough sleeping snapshot recorded 29 people, the highest figure in the city’s published series. There were 10,859 households on the Coventry Homefinder register at 31 March 2026, and the […]
If you need somewhere to live in Stoke-on-Trent and renting a flat on the open market is not realistic right now, supported housing may be an option. This page explains what it is, in plain language, without the jargon. What supported housing is It is somewhere to live that comes with help attached. You get […]
Birmingham is one of the most tightly regulated HMO markets in England. That isn’t a reason to avoid it — the city has strong tenant demand, competitive yields and a deep supply of suitable stock — but it is a reason to understand the rules before you buy, convert or let. Two separate systems apply, […]
Ask ten Birmingham landlords what “guaranteed rent” means and you’ll get ten slightly different answers. Some think it’s a letting agent’s marketing phrase. Some assume there’s a catch buried in the contract. Others have heard it pays below market rate and stopped listening there. It’s simpler than the confusion suggests. A guaranteed rent scheme means […]
Few terms in housing are used as loosely, or as often misunderstood, as “exempt accommodation”. It appears in news coverage, council reports and parliamentary debates, usually attached to a story about poor standards. It is also, when done properly, the housing that keeps thousands of vulnerable people off the street. Here is what it actually […]
Looking for somewhere to live in Birmingham can be exhausting. Listings that have already gone. Landlords who stop replying when you mention benefits. Places that look fine in photos and are anything but in person. If you need a room and you could do with some support around you, supported and shared accommodation may be […]
If you work in housing, social care, probation or homelessness support in Birmingham, you already know the hardest part of the job is rarely identifying that someone needs accommodation. It’s finding a provider with the right placement, at the right time, who will actually come back to you. This page is intended to make that […]
Here’s a statistic that should worry anyone who rents: research this year found that most tenants are unaware of the Renters’ Rights Act — the biggest overhaul of renting in England for a generation, and one that is now fully in force. That means millions of people are still renting as if the old rules […]
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