Registering for a Property
In order to be considered for a home, you need to be on our Housing Register. This is now open to anyone over the age of 16, unless they come within the ‘ineligible’ categories detailed in the Homelessness Act 2002.
Those who are ‘ineligible’ include:
- Certain categories of Asylum Seekers and people from abroad
- Some people who are guilty of unacceptable behaviour
If you fall within either of these categories, we will write to you to explain your position in more detail.
We will consider new housing applicants, council and housing association tenants looking for transfers under the one allocations scheme.
Reasonable preference will, as required by the legislation, be awarded through our points scheme to applicants on the Housing Register who are in housing need. People in housing need include:
- Those who are homeless
- Those living in unsatisfactory accommodation
- Those who need to move on medical or social need grounds
- Those who need to move to somewhere else within the Borough where failure to do so would cause hardship
Please note that we award points to reflect local connection. In view of the high demand from applicants resident in the Borough, it is unlikely that applicants who live outside the Borough will be made an offer of accommodation, unless there are no other eligible applicants in housing need living within the Borough.
To apply for a place on our Housing Register, please see Housing Applications.
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