Local connection
A local connection means you have links to a council area because you:
- have lived in the area for 6 out of the last 12 months, or 3 out of the last 5 years
- have immediate family living in the area for over 5 years
- are employed in the area
- receive care leaver support in the area
- have lived in asylum support housing in the area.
We will check your local connection if you ask us for help with homelessness.
If you have a local connection to more than one area, you should ask for help in the area you'd like to live.
If you do not have a local connection, you can still ask for help from any council you choose.
If you do not have a local connection to Medway
We may refer you to another council if you do not have a local connection to Medway.
We'll only do this if:
- you do not have a local connection with us
- you have a local connection elsewhere
- you're not at risk of domestic abuse in the other area.
Find out more
Find out more about local connection and what it means for you on the Shelter website.