Skip to content

In immediate danger? Call your local emergency number.

Find a crisis line in your country

The Library

ExplainerHousing Grief1 minute read

Keeping your home when someone dies

What happens to a tenancy or mortgage after a death.

When someone you lived with dies, worry about the home often follows grief.

Questions to ask

Whose name is on the tenancy, mortgage or deeds?
Was there a will?
Can the tenancy be passed to you?
How will rent or mortgage payments be made?

Steps

Tell the landlord or lender as soon as you can
Ask about succession rights
Get advice from a housing service or lawyer

Do not panic

Many people keep their homes. Getting advice early helps.

KEEP EXPLORING

Keep exploring.

Everything

CourseOpen now

Why you do it this way

Why you have been fixing things, working, and sorting rather than talking. Why that is a recognized pattern, not a failure, and what it does well and badly.

Free4 modules, 48 minutesGrief
LibraryPractical guide

Clearing out after a loss

Belongings, homes, and when to do it.

1 minute readStarting over
ProgramForming now

Return to Shore

Rebuilding after trauma, crisis, loss or major disruption.

From $149, sliding scaleOnline, hybrid where partners allowStarting over
LibraryField note

Saying goodbye to a home

Leaving a place that held a life.

1 minute readStarting over
CourseOpen now

The first ninety days

What actually has to be handled, in what order, and what can wait. Nothing in it about feelings, which is exactly why it works.

Free3 modules, 33 minutesGrief
LibraryExplainer

Grief does not follow stages

Why the idea of neat stages leaves so many people feeling they are doing it wrong.

1 minute readGrief
CourseBeing written

Carrying it at work

Going back. What to tell people and what you are not obliged to say. Working on four hours of sleep, in a job that requires you to be fine.

Free4 modulesGrief
LibraryExplainer

Grieving by doing

If you are fixing, working and sorting instead of talking, that is a recognised way to grieve.

1 minute readGrief
ProgramOpen

The Quiet Room

Small digital conversations and guided discussions.

FreeOnline groupsLoneliness

Quick exit