What happens
next?
When we get your form, we check if
you can be included on the Housing Register. If you can't, we will
write and tell you the reasons along with details of how you can
appeal against this decision. If you are entitled to register, we
will assess the information you have given us and you will be
placed in one of three categories:
Priority Homeseeker
The Housing Act 1996 (as amended) states that Councils should give
'reasonable preference' in the allocation of their housing to
applicants in the following categories:
- If they are homeless, or being threatened with
homelessness, and the Council owes them certain duties under the
Act because of this.
- If they need to move on medical or welfare grounds.
- If they live in overcrowded or insanitary housing
conditions.
- If they need to move to a particular locality in the district
to avoid hardship either to themselves or to others (this might
apply, for instance, if they are elderly and/or disabled and need
to move closer to a relative to enable them to give
support).
If, following appropriate assessment of your needs (which may
involve making further investigations into your circumstances), one
(or more) of the above situations applies to you, then you will be
placed in the 'Priority Home Seeker' (pH) category.
Homeseeker
If none of the above situations
apply to you, then the Council is not allowed to give your
application any particular priority within the law, and you will be
placed in the 'Homeseeker' (H) category.
Tenant Seeking a Transfer
If you are a
secure tenant of the Council and you are applying for a transfer,
but do not fulfill any of the 'reasonable preference' criteria you
will be placed in the 'Tenant Seeking a Transfer' (T)
category.
Is there anything that might prevent me being offered
housing?