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This page looks at your options if you want or need to leave the family home and move to new accommodation. It also explains your rights if you find yourself with nowhere to stay.
What if I end up with nowhere to stay?
If you become homeless due to a relationship breakdown, you can make a homeless application to the Housing Executive. Remember, you don't have to be sleeping on the street to be homeless. If you are staying temporarily with friends or family or living in a refuge, hostel, hotel or bed and breakfast, you will still be classed as homeless.
You can also make a homeless application if it is no longer reasonable to live in your home, for example because your partner is threatening or abusing you or because your relationship has broken down irretrievably.
The Housing Executive have to look into your situation and decide what kind of help you should get. You may be offered a place to stay while they are doing this.
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Applying for a Housing Executive or housing association house
You may wish to put your name down on the waiting list for a Housing Executive or housing association house. You can put your name down even if you are still living with your spouse or partner, although if you are a joint tenant you'll probably need to end your share in the tenancy first.
If you already rent your home from the Housing Executive or a housing association but are finding the property too big and expensive to run on your own, you could consider applying for a transfer to a smaller, more economical home.
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Other options
Other options include:
- looking for private rented accommodation
- buying a new home.
The section on finding accommodation has more information on housing options.
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