<prompt> Human: I am writing on behalf of my friend 25 f. Her mother and her live in a 2 bed flat in south London which was rented in her mothers name. Her mother was made unemployed due to ill health in December 2015 and has struggled to balance the books since, living on Housing and Disability benefit totalling around 600.00 per month. My friend has been employed for 2 months taking home roughly 1,100.00 per month. This has resulted in arrears building up on their rent and they have been served notices to leave the property.In the process of trying to secure new accommodation, they are finding it impossible to find a landlord that will accept them. They have applied to the Council for discretionary housing payment but are yet to receive an answer, and it is very difficult to speak to anyone who can give the correct advice. All landlords require prepayment of rent, deposit and a guarantor due to their poor credit. I am trying to help financially but I am unable to fund their move or be a guarantor.This can not be a rare occurrence however I do not know the best way of dealing with this situation. I am worried that if they can not secure a new property straight away they will become homeless. The fact that Landlords will not accept a dss tenant and require such a high amount of money up front as well as a guarantor are making this situation very difficult.They have budgeted for 1,200.00 a month rent which is the maximum they can afford but this does not help with securing the property to begin with. If anyone can give any advice on where to look for property or secure a property in this situation is greatly appreciated. If you require any further information I should be able to provide it.Thank you Edit. Thank you for the replies so far. I understand that it is cheaper to rent out of London they live in Croydon which is barely London as it is. However the current issue is that whilst they can hopefully afford the rent in a new property they have bad credit and do not have a guarantor which means no Estate Agent will accept them. Therefore my question is how does one go about securing a property in this situation? There must be a way or else anyone with bad credit would end up homeless? Edit2. Thank you all for your replies. It seems the consensus is that they will have to lower their threshold to ensure that they can afford to secure a property.If anyone has any information on reputable agencies for lodging or similar in the Croydon area it would be greatly appreciated.  <response>: London is a very expensive place to live, have they thought about moving up north where it is much cheaper. For example I live in a 2 bed House and its only 600month fairly close to a big city. It might not be nice to leave but financially it may be worth it. 