Homelessness: Help Improve Services By Sharing Your Experiences

Central Bedfordshire Council is asking for people who have experienced homelessness or the threat of homelessness and used their services to give feedback about their experience to help improve the support offered. You may have spoken to someone in the council’s Housing Options team, had an assessment or used the triage service - if so, they want to hear from you. There are many reasons why someone might become homeless, it could be as a result of a relationship breakdown, a landlord selling the property they are renting or the loss of income and no longer being able to afford the rent or mortgage. When most people think of homelessness they think of people sleeping rough on the streets but there are also people that do not have a permanent place to live that are not so visible. Many people ‘sofa surf’, that is they sleep on a friend’s sofa in order to avoid sleeping on the streets. Helping people get back on their feet isn’t always just about providing accommodation, it ca