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Living

This section provides information on a range of topics related to living in the city of Southampton, such as housing, caring for someone and community safety. You will also find information on community living; what’s happening in your community, getting involved in improving where you live and building communities.

Living

Adult social care

This section of Southampton online provides information about adult social care, formerly known as social services including:

Benefits

You may be able to get help with paying your Council Tax if you claim Council Tax Benefit. Private tenants and council tenants may also get help with paying their rent by claiming Housing Benefit.

Births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths

The council is responsible for the civil registration of all births, stillbirths, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships taking place within the city of Southampton.

British Citizenship and Nationality Checking

This section of Southampton online provides information about becoming a British citizen and the ceremonies involved:

Council tax

There’s one Council Tax bill for each home. Usually it's the owner-occupier, or the tenant living in the property, who has to pay the bill. Find out more about council tax by checking out this section of the website.

Housing

This section of the web site aims to help people find the homes they want, in neighbourhoods they want to live in. Information includes:

Moving to Southampton

You may have already decided to move to Southampton or are still considering a move. These pages offer you a whole host of information about living in Southampton as well as links to other useful sites.

Recession advice

Help to get you through the economic downturn and turn over a new leaf in Southampton City Council’s guide to surviving the recession.

Smartcities and English national concessionary bus pass

Find out how you can apply for a Smartcities card and how you can use it to gain access to many different services and products.

Where you live

There are all sorts of activities happening where you live, from regeneration projects, to voluntary community groups to ways to get involved in making improvements to where you live.

Active communities

Community centres

Community groups

Contact information