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Housing allocations - allocation system

 

We use a point system as a guide when allocating housing, which reflects the type of situations mentioned in the legislation.

Our first responsibility is to those who live in unsatisfactory housing within the area - and this means that people living in better conditions or outside the district may have to wait a long time.

Please remember that having your name on the housing register is not a guarantee that you will eventually be offered a house.

Once your application has been accepted onto our housing register, it is awarded a certain number of points to reflect the conditions in which you live.

Points are given for such factors as medical conditions, overcrowding and lack of modern facilities, as well as for length of time living in the district.

The total points score of each applicant is then used as a guide in allocating properties.

Deferred Points

There will be some situations where an applicant has enough points to be offered an introductory tenancy but this may not occur because of the reasons shown below.

In the first five of the cases mentioned below, the points will be deferred for a period of 12 months.

1. Homeless applicants found to be intentionally homeless.
2. Applicants refusing an offer of accommodation and that refusal being seen to be unreasonable, including people who have been offered accommodation to discharge our duty to them as homeless.
3. Where advice has been given to an applicant to resolve their housing problem and this advice has not been acted upon.
4. Where enquiries are being made into a homeless application.
5. Applicants who put themselves in a worse position than needed in order to gain more points.
6. Anyone who still owes Bridgnorth District Council rent from a previous tenancy or has rent arrears with another landlord, would not normally be be awarded points, or be rehoused, until the debt(s) is/are cleared. However, each case will be judged individually.

Housing Associations

You can approach Housing Associations (also known as Registered Social Landlords) for rented (and shared ownership) accommodation. Some operate their own waiting lists and others receive nominations from Bridgnorth Disctrict Council. Follow this link to contact details of those who operate within this area

 

For further information you can contact us:

By telephone

01746 7132274

By email

housing@bridgnorth-dc.gov.uk

By letter

Allocations
Housing & Property
Bridgnorth District Council
Westgate
Bridgnorth
WV16 5AA

You can make an application online