Emergency accommodation and priority need
If you are assessed as having priority need, we will have a duty to provide you with emergency accommodation if you become homeless, as well as support you to find a longer-term home.
You will be considered to have a priority need if you or someone you live with:
- has dependent children living with them
- is pregnant
- is homeless because of things like fire, flood or other disasters
- is at risk of abuse from a partner, ex or family member
- is a care leaver
- is considered vulnerable (through mental health, disability, serious health condition, have spent time in prison or the armed forces, or is old/frail). In housing law, 'vulnerable' means you would be at much greater risk of harm than most people if you became homeless.
Find out more about priority need.
Find out more about what support you can expect if you are homeless and are assessed as not having priority need.