Welcome to our Housing Signpost page
If you need help to find the right housing information or service you should find it signposted from here.
To help us point you in the right direction please look through the headings below to see who is best to contact.
Contact the Housing Solutions team if you are:
- Looking for general housing advice
- Homeless or threatened with homelessness with or without a connection to the Dartford Borough
- Fleeing domestic abuse or need to talk to someone
- Having problems at home or are under 25 and need housing advice (if you're a council tenant, contact the tenancy services team)
- Living in private rented housing and been given a Notice to Quit from your landlord.
Register with an estate agent if you're:
- A first-time-buyer with mortgage arrangements in place
- Interested in shared ownership or alternative home ownership options? View the affordable home ownership scheme page for further information or contact a local housing association directly.
- A homeowner looking to move to a smaller property
- Looking for private rented housing and have a deposit
- Living in private rented housing and wanting to move to a smaller property
Contact a financial or independent mortgage adviser if you're
- A first-time-buyer without mortgage arrangements in place
- Looking for independent financial/mortgage advice
- Looking to move to a larger property without mortgage arrangements in place
- A homeowner with mortgage payment difficulties or endowment shortfall
- Over 50, living in your own property and looking to move into a retirement or care home
- Over 50 and living in private rented, housing association or Council property, looking to move into housing scheme accommodation with support? Visit the housing scheme page.
Join the Housing Register
Looking to apply to join the Council's Housing Register? - Complete an application form for Kent Homechoice. (Please note that you need to have lived in the Dartford Borough for two or more years up to the point of your application to be eligible, with some exceptions)
Need help with your Kent Homechoice application? Contact the Housing Allocations' Team
Custom and self build register
Looking for information on custom and self-build housing options or want to register with the Council? Visit our dedicated custom and self-build page.
Disabled person/family
Are you:
- A disabled homeowner looking for help to adapt your home - Contact the Private Sector Housing Team
- A disabled Council tenant looking for help to adapt your home - Contact the Housing Maintenance Team
Service and ex service personnel:
Dartford Borough Council is committed to giving fair support to members of the Armed Forces, veterans and their families and has signed an Armed Forces Community Covenant.
If you are looking for social rented housing in Dartford, please visit our dedicated Armed Forces page.
Gypsies and travellers
Are you:
- Looking for advice on private sites and pitches? - Contact the Private Sector Housing Team
- Looking for advice on the Council’s managed site? - Contact the Tenancy Services Team
Vulnerable adults
For information on how the Housing Service supports and assists vulnerable service users, please read our Vulnerable Adults' Housing Policy.