Debt Advice

E-mail: rents@eastdevon.gov.uk

If your rent is not paid, the money owed is called 'rent arrears'. Rent arrears are priority debts, which means the consequences of not dealing with them are serious - not paying your rent puts your home at risk.

In the UK, debt advice is provided free of charge. If you find yourself in debt, do not ignore the problem and try not to panic. You should consider seeking free advice about your financial situation. Help can be given in many ways such as maximising your income and benefits, help with filling in forms, looking at managing your income and expenditure.

Please telephone us on direct line 01395 517444 and we can refer you to an independent and free debt advice agency or alternatively one of the following organisations may be able to help you:

Your local Citizens Advice Bureau may be able to help:
Axminster, Honiton and Sidmouth area bureau, telephone 01404 44213;
Exmouth area bureau, telephone 01395 264645
Or click here for Citizens Advice website.

The National Debtline offers free confidential and independent advice on how to deal with debt problems. Call free on 0808 808 4000 or click here to link to national debtline website.

Clear Start offers free consumer debt counselling. Call free on 0800 1385445 or click here for Clear Start website.

Consumer Credit Counselling Service is a charity dedicated to providing confidential, free counselling and money management assistance to financially distressed families and individuals. Click here for link to Consumer Credit Counselling.

Community Legal Service Direct is a free, government-funded, confidential advice service:
Telephone 0845 3454345

The Bankruptcy-Insolvency.co.uk debt advice service is a freephone telephone advice service and online resource for people with debt problems. The service also operates teams of outreach workers covering Devon and South West England. The freephone service is confidential and non-judgemental. The service has existed since 2000 and was set up to deal with the publics debt problems. The service provides self-help advice to its callers and also produces written self-help packs and fact sheets to back this up. The service can also assist callers with the setting up of Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVA) Debt Management Plans, Bankruptcy & Debt Relief Orders. Freephone: 0800 074 6918 or please visit the Bankruptcy-Insolvency.co.uk web site.

debtoptions.co.uk has over 11 years experience assisting people with serious debt problems. It is completely independent and is not funded by, or connected with any lender.

Housing problems often start because of financial difficulties. If you are struggling with unmanageable debt, rent or mortgage arrears Shelter is a charity that can offer advice, information and advocacy to people in housing need.

Page last updated on 3 February 2012