Information about when the council must help you with emergency housing if you're homeless and don't have anywhere to stay.(Content applies to England only.)

Your council must help you if you are legally homeless, but how much help they need to provide depends on your eligibility, your level of need and if your homelessness is your fault.

Information about how to get emergency housing from the council or into a hostel or nightshelter. (Content applies to England only.)

If you apply to the council as homeless, it may put you in a self-contained flat, hotel or bed and breakfast (B&B), hostel or refuge with some shared areas while they look at your case.

Find out about foyers and nightstop schemes - how to get a place, how much they cost and what they're like. (Content applies to England only.)

Find out about women's refuges if you've experienced domestic violence - how to get a place and what they're like. (Content applies to England only.)

If you are homeless, without enough money to buy basic food or shelter, you are destitute. If you arrived in the UK to live, work, study, visit or join family but now find that you are homeless without enough money to buy basic food or shelter then you are a destitute migrant. Information about the options open to you if you are in this position.

Explains what you should do if you are a flood victim and live in a rented accommodation, including information on your rights and your landlord's obligations.