Top marks and extension for Housing Support Service in East Lindsey

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The Court Support Service, which is provided by East Lindsey District Council in partnership with the Citizens’ Advice Bureau, has maintained Level ‘A’ Standard throughout the Quality Assessment Framework in its second assessment by Lincolnshire County Council, after it prevented 55 individuals and families from becoming homeless in the last year.

Its success has also results in a further £29,000 of funding from the Supporting People Grant, which means it can continue to support local people until May 2011.

The Court Support Service that is based at Skegness Magistrates Court was set up specifically to help those individuals and families living in East Lindsey that face home repossessions. The Service has also supported five families through the Government Mortgage Rescue Scheme, whereby the local social housing provider, Waterloo Housing, has bought the houses and rented them back to families to ensure they can continue to live in them.

Portfolio Holder for Housing, Councillor John Upsall, said: “Our Housing Support Service has supported people when often they have been at their lowest and in desperate need of support with nowhere else to go. The District Council has worked hard to ensure local people have the support services they require, particularly through the recession, and the fact that our Court Support Service has received another award is a tribute to the efforts of the team. We must continue to provide the best service we can for the people of East Lindsey with the money we have available to us.”

If you’re facing a home repossession or require financial advice and support, please contact East Lindsey District Council’s Housing Support Team on 01507 601111.