Supported accommodation for homeless applicants in Cornwall
3 rooms are available in Cornwall today. 0 of 3 accept homeless applicants.
What a room costs here
- Local Housing Allowance, shared accommodation rate
- £90.33 a week, Kernow West broad rental market area (DWP, 2026-27)
- Average private rent for context
- £1,000 a month (ONS, August 2026, average)
Referral route for homeless applicants
- Statutory basis
- Part VII Housing Act 1996
- Who refers
- Council housing options team
- How the referral works
- A housing options officer or a public body under the Duty to Refer, section 213B Housing Act 1996, makes the referral. Discharging the Duty to Refer is not the same as securing accommodation, so a parallel provider referral is often needed.
- Eligibility
- A council owes duties under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996 where an applicant is eligible and homeless or threatened with homelessness within 56 days. Supported accommodation can be used at prevention, relief and main duty stages.
Local authority housing options team
- Team
- Cornwall Council
- Phone
- 0300 1234 161
- Housing options
- https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/housing/homeless-or-at-risk/
Rooms available in Cornwall
Nearby areas with rooms
Referring someone, or filling a room
Referrers can send a request through Find me a room and we will match it against live rooms. Providers with empty rooms can list them free.
Sources: Duty to Refer via Housing Jigsaw or dutytorefer@cornwall.gov.uk. LHA left null: Cornwall spans several BRMAs, so no single shared accommodation rate applies to the whole authority. Average monthly private rent from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, UK, local authority table, reference month August 2026, released 16 September 2026. The published figure is a stock weighted mean, not a median. No district wide shared accommodation rate: Cornwall spans the Kernow West and North Cornwall and Devon Borders BRMAs, with border areas in the Plymouth BRMA. | LHA via VOA LHA-Direct. Cornwall spans three BRMAs: Kernow West 90.33 (largest by population, covers Truro, St Austell, Newquay, Penzance), North Cornwall and Devon Borders 84.77, Plymouth 92.05. Offer a postcode lookup alongside this figure. Last verified 2026-09-18.