This form is to be used to refer clients who appear to you to be homeless or threatened with homelessness within 56 days. This referral does not guarantee that the local authority will open a homeless application or that your client will access housing, but it does guarantee that advice will be given and may lead to a personal housing plan which will outline the actions your client and the housing authority will take to address his/her housing problem. The referral form needs to be emailed to dutytorefer@maldon.gov.uk where you will receive a response to your referral within 5 working days. If your agency is registered to use Jigsaw you can use ALERT to make a referral to us.