Bassetlaw District Council’s Housing Needs Team is to pilot a new “Drop In” Service for Homeless People from 31 October 2011. Anyone looking for advice regarding homelessness matters, such as being unable to pay their rent or mortgage or anyone concerned about someone else’s housing situation is welcome to speak in confidence to one of the Council’s professional housing needs advisors

The drop-in sessions will take place on Monday and Friday mornings from 10.00am to 12.00 noon at Queens Buildings, Potter Street, Worksop. The pilot scheme will run for two months

Cllr Alan Rhodes, portfolio holder for Housing said “The pilot will run for two months so we can gauge the need for the service. We suspect that there are quite a few people who worry that they might become homeless because they find it very difficult to pay their rent or their mortgage. This is not necessarily the case as there is support and advice available to help people deal with such situations

“Once we can establish if there is sufficient need for this kind of service, we’ll take the necessary steps to continue the drop-in scheme on a permanent basis.”