Links
The web is awash with useful housing and homelessness resources.
A few selected links are listed below.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
Apps
StreetLink
Benefit rates
Benefit rates
Local housing allowance rates
Domestic abuse
National helpline and online support
Find local advice
Advice Local
Find your local council
GOV.UK council finder tool
Homelessness services
Atlas of London homelessness services
Homeless Link's service directory (England)
Housing advice online
Citizens Advice Housing Advice
Shelter (England)
Shelter Cymru (Wales)
Legal aid
Checking whether you can get legal aid & finding a legal aid provider
Directory of legal aid providers (England & Wales) - searchable by category of law, e.g. housing
Find your nearest specialist housing firm
Rent repayment orders
Get rent back - guide on applying for a RRO
Justice for tenants - RRO FAQs
FOR PROFESSIONALS
Briefings
Parliamentary briefings
Eligibility for social housing
Housing Rights for migrants
Factsheets & guides
National Homelessness Advice Service (NHAS)
Housing law
Shelter Legal
Law
Legislation (check whether it's the current version)
Case law
Residential Property Tribunal Wales
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber
(including benefit tribunal decisions)
Legal updates
Arden Chambers eflashes
Citizens Advice Housing Update
Garden Court Chambers Housing Updates
Housing Law Week
Legal Action Magazine 'Housing:Recent Developments' (paid subscription)
Rightsnet email newsletter
Ombudsman
Housemark's Ombudsman Says
Local Government Ombudsman
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Casebook
Publications
Chartered Institute of Housing
Legal Action Group
Shelter
Sweet & Maxwell
Blogs and commentary
Anthony Gold housing blog
Chartered Institute of Housing blog
Cornerstone on social housing fraud blog
Frontline Hackney blog
Landlord Law Blog
Legal Action Group housing law blog
Liz Davies, housing barrister, blog
Nearly Legal Housing Law News and Comment
Painsmith Landlord and Tenant Blog
Red Brick