Setting up home for the first time can be an expensive business. By the time you've bought sofas, curtains, fridges and other paraphernalia the costs can easily run into hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds.
Most of the information online seems to assume that you've just got married and your biggest problem is deciding where to hang those Cath Kidston curtains. But there are websites out there that offer advice to young people who, for whatever reason, have been forced to live independently.
Shelter is an organisation that was founded in 1966 on the back of moral outrage over a lack of housing opportunities for young people and the exploitative approach of some landlords. The reaction to Ken Loach's film Cathy Come Home of the same year gave it an immediate boost.
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