Eligibility

Being eligible for assistance means you are entitled to help with housing from a local authority, if you need it. Although most UK residents are entitled to such help, some people from abroad are not. You might not be eligible if any of the following apply:

• You are a visitor to this country
• You are a student from another country or a sponsored immigrant
• You are an illegal immigrant
• You are seeking asylum
• You claimed asylum but the Home Office refused to give you asylum
• You are not habitually resident in the UK or Ireland
• The Home Secretary has said you no longer have a right to stay in the UK