The Accommodation Access Team provides housing advice and ongoing support to help homeless and vulnerably housed people find accommodation, including referrals to hostels, accessing private rented housing and completing council applications.

Projects within the team include:

The Young Person's Housing Worker
The Refugee Accommodation Worker

 

The Young Persons' Housing Worker
The Young Persons' Housing Worker post is funded by Connexions and offers ongoing advice and assistance to any 16–19 year olds within Greater Nottingham who are homeless or having housing difficulties.  The project helps young people resolve their housing problems through accessing a range of accommodation including emergency hostels, supported housing, Housing Associations and Local Authority tenancies.  Young people can self refer to the project or be referred by an agency and the Young Persons' Housing Worker also runs a weekly drop-in at Connexions.  The worker uses a flexible approach to meet the needs of each young person and offers  practical support by assisting young people to complete housing application forms, attend housing interviews, view properties and set up new tenancies.  The worker can also provide telephone advice on young peoples' housing issues to other agencies and can use interpreters with non-English speaking young people.

To make a referral to the Young Persons' Housing Worker please contact HLG on 0115 9565313 or pop in to Nottingham Connexions on Carlton Street to find out about drop-in times.

The Refugee Accommodation Worker
The Refugee Accommodation Project began in January 2004 and was initially funded by the European Refugee Fund.  The worker supports refugees in Nottingham City who have not been accepted as being in priority need under the homelessness legislation.  The worker helps refugees to find suitable accommodation and prevent homelessness.  Referrals can be made via any agency but the majority of referrals are self referrals.  The worker uses interpreters with non-English speakers and provides ongoing support to help refugees access their most suitable housing options.  The worker has close links with local authority housing offices to secure council tenancies for refugees and can link refugees who need resettlement support with the Nottingham City Council Refugee START team and other specialist floating support agencies. To make a referral to the Refugee Accommodation Worker please contact HLG on 0115 9565313.