Hello. Much of this will depend on whether your charitable objectives allow people of any age. Some do, some don’t. But if there are no restrictions, like us, then you can choose your criteria. We base ours on whether someone is in receipt of Housing Benefit (if over retirement age) or Universal Credit (if of working age).
We ask for 3 months of bank statements and extra financial evidence as required, as part of our application process too, but the benefits situation means that a government agency has also already done those financial checks too.
We try to meet the person in their current home, or ask them to come in, and will check as far as we can about medical situation for independent living confirmation.
If someone is sofa-surfing, they may not be claiming any benefits, or know what they are entitled to claim, so you could carry out an indicative check by going to http://www.entitledto.co.uk and plug in the figures.
Not always easy to put in a priority order, and I’m sure some people have used grids for this type of situation before, so maybe someone can share that with you.
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