We know that one in 14 people in Yorkshire and The Humber fear they won’t be able to afford to pay the rent or mortgage at the end of this month. Yet many people in this situation would feel too ashamed to ask for help.
Shelter’s helpline receives too many calls from people in
desperation, and on the brink of losing their home, because bills and notices
have been left unopened and problems have piled up.
This January we are encouraging those at risk to seek
advice from Shelter and avoid problems spiralling out of control.
We would very much appreciate your help in getting this
message out there.
You can take these four actions to help people in
Kirklees to find professional advice:
2. Encourage
your case workers to bookmark our online advice pages -
www.shelter.org.uk/advice so they can
refer to them when dealing with housing-related case work
3. Let your
constituents know how to get help from Shelter via our
online advice
and free telephone helpline number - www.shelter.org.uk/advice 0808 800 4444
4. Tweet our
online advice details, or retweet us. You can find us at @Shelter
You may also wish to share the ‘Shelter Stories <http://www.sheltercontent.org.uk/adviceblog/>
’ blog, which seeks to offer a first-person, friendly, and accessible
introduction to advice.
For lots of people, the New Year period brings further challenges and worries. That’s why we are urging anyone worried about paying their rent or mortgage to make seeking early housing advice their New Year’s resolution.
