Help finding, maintaining and paying for your home

• Furniture
• Heating

Useful Links:

   Housing Advice and support

• Community Housing Aid the new name for Exeter Homeless Action Group is a charity that has been offering housing advice and support for 15 years. The Charity’s objectives are to relieve poverty, sickness and distress among persons within the City of Exeter and surrounding local authority areas who are homeless, or threatened with homelessness.
• Shelter. for housing advice and support

   District Council Housing Information

• Homefinder Direct search for available Ocean Housing, Devon & Cornwall HA, Cornwall Council, Sanctuary HA, Penwith HA, Cornwall Rural HA, Sovereign HA, and Guinness Trust properties
• Mid Devon District Council Housing
• East Devon District Council Homes and Housing
• North Devon District Council Housing
• West Devon Borough Council Housing

   Benefits to help with the cost of housing

• Housing Benefit is a means-tested benefit for people on a low income. It helps with the cost of rent and is administered by your local District Council
• Council Tax Benefit is a means-tested benefit for people on a low income. It helps with the cost of Council Tax and is administered by your local District Council

   Grants for adaptions to property

• Disabled Facilities Grant. factsheet about applying for a Disabled Facilities Grant
• Direct Gov Disabled Facilities Grant information about Disbled Facilities Grants

   Help to find accessible housing

• Home2own a 'One Stop Shop' for low cost home ownership
• Accessible Property Register accessible and adapted homes in all sectors - private residential property, social housing, shared ownership, supported living, sale or rent

   Help with maintenance, repair and adaptions

• Care and Repair  provide a service to older people, people with disabilities, and those who are vulnerable. Help with repairs, maintenance and adaptations
• Trading Standards Approved Traders buy with confidence

   Supported Housing and Care

• Supporting People funds housing related support services to vulnerable people to enable them to live independently in the community
• Sue Ryder Care care for people in their own homes, in the community and through specialist hospices and neurological care centres
• South West Adult Placement Scheme(SWAPS) offers services to vulnerable and disabled people over the age of 18 who may have a learning disability, mental health problems, physical disabilities, and to older people.

   Support for older, disabled and vulnerable people

• South West Water Priority Services information about services for older, disabled and vulnerable people

   Housing Associations and Societies

• Westcountry Housing Association
• Guinness Partnership
• Devon and Cornwall Housing Association
• Magna Housing Group
• The Parkview Society
• Rethink Housing
• Tor Homes Sheltered Housing,

   Help with energy debts

• EDF Energy Trust

   Home Safety

• British Sign Language Fire Safety