Supported accommodation for young parents in Cornwall
3 rooms are available in Cornwall today. 0 of 3 accept young parents.
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 young parents
- Statutory basis
- Children Act 1989 / homelessness duty
- Who refers
- Social worker / housing options
- How the referral works
- Children's services, a leaving care team or a midwifery or health visiting team refers, normally with a child in need or child protection plan attached where one exists.
- Eligibility
- Usually for parents aged 16 to 25 with a child under school age. Provision for parents aged 16 and 17 must be Ofsted registered, and Roomfy does not list it without a verified registration number.
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.