Housing Advice

In partnership with Croydon Council’s housing, social services and Connexions services, CAYSH provides a drop-in advice centre for young people in Central Croydon.

We help over 1,500 young people each year at our purpose-built centre in Central Croydon. Advice is available to local young people who are homeless, threatened with homelessness or considering moving out of home.

We work with some of the most vulnerable young people in the area, helping them to find safe housing and tackling the other problems they face in moving towards independent adult life. The advice team at HAP<25 treats each young person holistically, and recognise that youth homelessness can be attributed to many other welfare issues

Services at HAP<25

• Sign-posting interview for general advice
• Same-day appointments with relevant agencies or HAP<25 staff.
• Joint Assessment by Croydon Council’s housing and social services staff (based at HAP<25).
• Family reconciliation: face-to-face mediation between young people and their parents/carers.
• On-site surgeries:
  • Croydon Adolescents Mental Health service (mental health/counselling services)
  • Off the Record (counselling)
  • NCH Rightfully Yours (advocacy services)
  • Youth Drug Support (drug advice & support)
• Referrals to other agencies and support groups, eg. careers/employment support, education welfare from schools/colleges, cultural support groups.

Contact
HAP<25 Housing Advice Project
Phone:020 8667 0500
Email: info@hap25.org