Services
Housing and Homelessness
Insight is an organisation that sort to stand in the gap for young people, refugees and minority
groups in London most particularly in the Bexley London Borough who are often found to be facing
challenges in finding accommodation or sustaining their tenancies. People that fall into this
category are often found to have limited knowledge of the interlinked UK benefit, welfare, public
services systems and housing because they are new in the country.
Getting a suitable social housing can be challenging due to limited knowledge & competition hence, many people
are often found to be left with only one option, private renting (sometimes bed and breakfast). However, the rent
in the private sector can be expensive. But if you are on benefits or have a low income, you can claim housing
benefit. Bear in mind that it may not cover all the rent and won't cover meals, cleaning or bills even if they
are included in the rent. So you will probably have to pay the difference from your other income. Insight
experienced professionals will work closely with you to help you claim and check whether you can get any other
benefits.
Insight advisers can give you clear direction or tell you:
• What benefits you may be entitled to and help you to claim them.
• Can arrange a contact or link you with a local scheme that can help if you don't have money for a deposit.
• Explain how to apply for a loan or grant to cover rent in advance.
• Can shed light on direction to take or tell you if there is any other specialist help available in your area.
• Insight can also help if you have problems with your claim and can link you with private landlord in the area
that accepts people on housing benefit. Remember that it may not cover all the rent and you will have to make up
any shortfall from your wages, other benefits or training allowance.
Eviction
Are you facing eviction and don’t know what to do? Contact Insight Bexley for advice, take advantage of
the information to be provided and impact your quality of life around positively. Do you know that you may
be relieved of your current housing issue, financial hardship through information that is made available to
you and the knowledge you acquire? You can only find it easy to adapt within a new community through information
that you know or made available to you.
Refugee/Welfare
I am a Refugee; am I entitled to Welfare Benefits? Yes.
I am a Refugee (I’m new in the UK and I have been granted asylum); am I claiming all the right benefits am
entitled to? You may be entitled to more benefits than just Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) and
Housing Benefit.
Voluntary Organisations
Insight works to develop a host of relationships with voluntary organizations in order to
deliver optimum services to it target customers. If you want to be added to our links library
please contact us.