Get United Kingdom Housing Sunderland 2020-2024

The Shiney Advice and Resource Project (ShARP) website or phone 0191 385 6687. The Sunderland West Advice Project website or call 0191 514 2930. Shelter website shelternortheast@shelter.org.uk or call Mon-Fri 9am-5pm 0344 515 1601.

You can complete an application form online or download one to complete as a pdf, although you will need to print this off yourself and send it to us in the post or simply get in contact and we can email a form or send you a copy in the post.

You can complete a housing application form to apply to the placed on the Council Housing Register. The register is used for nominations to Sunderland Council Housing Service or to other registered providers throughout Sunderland.

You can apply to the register online on your council's housing services page, or by contacting the council directly to request an application form. Find out which is your local council and apply for council housing. You may be able to apply to a council's register even if you don't live in that council's local area.

Should this not assist you please contact Building Services on 0191 5612715 who will arrange for an engineer to visit your home. There is nothing more important than the safety of you and your family.

You can apply for a home through your local council. They might also call it 'social housing'. If your application is accepted, you'll go on to a waiting list of people who need a council home. Your council will then prioritise applications based on who needs a home most urgently.

Who gets priority council housing? Are homeless or are threatened with homelessness. Live in unsanitary or overcrowded housing. Need to move for medical or welfare reasons. Need to be near specialist medical or educational facilities. Fleeing violence.

You can call the Housing Options team on 0191 520 5551, Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm, or out of hours from 5pm to 7am seven days a week.