Rent Deposit Scheme & Tenancy Transition Service
This scheme helps young people overcome the financial barriers to independent living, and offers financial advice and dedicated support to build life skills and confidence. It benefits both landlords and tenants.
The Rent Deposit Scheme (RDS) and Tenancy Transition Service (TTS) provide young people with the practical, one-to-one support they need to source, secure and sustain a tenancy. Once the RDS has helped the young person source their rental, check the Tenancy Agreement and contributed towards their deposit, the Tenancy Transition workers will visit them and help set them up with their utility accounts, access any benefits they may be entitled to and help mediate any teething problems regarding the property with the landlord or letting agency. They can also signpost to further services such as health service providers, and our Job Coach for further education and training. The TTS can only be accessed if the young person has been supported by the RDS. In order to be eligible for the scheme the young person(s) will need to be:
- Aged 18-25, single, couples, flat sharers or families.
- Looking for first tenancy or getting back into tenancy after homelessness/financial difficulty caused a change in circumstances.
- In a position to financially and independently maintain the tenancy they take on once we have supported with the deposit and helped with the transition into their new home. Our team provides budgeting support.
Both the TTS and RDS sit under the wider umbrella of the Housing Transition Team. For more information, please get in touch with us at tenancysupport@benjaminfoundation.co.uk or contact Anne Johnsen (Housing Transition Manager) directly at Anne.Johnsen@benjaminfoundation.co.uk.
If you feel that you fit the criteria to this service, please fill out the referral form below and email to Anne.Johnsen@benjaminfoundation.co.uk or post to 23-27 St Andrews Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 4TP.
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I will be moving into my new flat next week and I have been working with my Tenancy Transition Worker Erica, who helped me to understand all the things that need to happen when moving into my first ever tenancy... she will support me to do everything on that day such as setting up all my bills and making arrangements for furniture and flooring to be sorted out. Erica will also help me read my meters and show me how to log these. These are things that you are not taught in daily life.
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