The Ministry of Defence and ex-Service welfare organisations can help with your housing needs before, during and after you are discharged. If you are homeless or think you might become homeless, you should seek housing advice as early as possible. You can contact the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help (SSAFA Forces Help) Housing Advisory Service, the Royal British Legion or Ex Service Action Group on Homelessness (ESAG) for information and advice (see 'Further help' below for details).
If you need help to find housing, local housing authorities provide free housing and homelessness advice and other assistance, such as a rent deposit scheme. You can also apply to a local council or registered social landlord, such as a housing association, for rented housing. However, in some areas demand for rented housing is high and it may take some time before it becomes available.
As a last resort, your local council may by law have to find you somewhere to live in the short term, until you find a settled home. Whether it does this will depend on whether:
You are someone in priority need if you, or people you live with: