Housing Aid at the Springs Advice Centre offers advice and advocacy on housing, debt, and benefits. 

Our areas of work include dealing with tenancy problems, disrepair, harassment and unlawful eviction, mortgage and rent arrears, dealing with debt, entitlement to benefits. We offer representation in the County Court for mortgage and rent arrears, and at Social Security (all subject to availability). 

Reception Opening Times

We are only able to interview clients by appointment unless they are in a defined urgent situation, such as having a Warrant of Possession due to be enforced within 24 hours or being harassed by a landlord.

Please note the following changes to our service:

From 4 June, 2007, we are no longer able to offer advice on employment rights problems, or to fill in forms.  Our drop-in sessions at The Springs Advice Centre are currently unavailable.  We will continue to see people by appointment, or you may speak to an adviser by telephone, at one of our outreach sessions, or make contact by letter or email (use the link on this page or email springsadvicecentre@wakefield.gov.uk)

Telephone advice line 01924 302085:

Available at the following times:

Outreach advice sessions: 

We also run Lay Advocacy Schemes at Wakefield and Pontefract County Courts (at Wakefield and Pontefract for mortgage repossession cases, and at Wakefield only for private sector and housing association repossessions)