Allington Hughes Gains Legal Aid Contract for Housing Advice in Shropshire

Allington Hughes has been granted a contract by the Legal Aid Agency to provide free Housing advice to those who qualify in the Shropshire area.

Alongside being the only law firm in the Wrexham area that can offer this service, we can now deal with matters utilising Legal Aid for people who reside in the county of Shropshire, meaning Allington Hughes can provide access to free legal advice for a vastly increased amount of people.

Public funding is available for Housing matters such as: 

• Possession of the home (other than mortgage possession which is now referred to as debt);
• Eviction from home (including unlawful eviction);
• Seeking repairs to rented accommodation where the disrepair pose a serious risk of harm to health or safety;
• Anti-social behaviour orders.
• Homelessness assistance for persons who are homeless or threatened with homelessness;
• Injunctions under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in the context of housing and ASBO matters in the County Court.

Our highly experienced Housing team is available to assist you in all of these cases and more, with or without the help of Legal Aid.

You can find out if you qualify for legal aid here.

For further information and assistance on this matter or any other, please call 01978 291000 for Wrexham, 01244 312166 for Chester or 01492 641222 for Llanrwst.

Director and Head of the Housing Department Alison Stace.