If you apply
for social housing, your name and details
will be added to your local council’s
housing register.
Social housing
is allocated on a points system. People
who are considered to be most in need
of social housing are allocated the
most points and are found housing soonest.
Your local council will ask you to answer
a series of questions to see how great
your need is.
The government
has put together a code to cover how
social housing is allocated but local
authorities interpret this code slightly
differently. On the whole, you are understood
to be what is known as in ‘priority
need’ if:
You are
responsible for any children;
You or
someone you live with is pregnant;
You are
homeless because of a flood, fire
or other disaster; or
You or
someone you live with is ‘vulnerable’
because of old age, disability, or
for some other special reason.
Special reasons include if you or someone
you live with is:
A young
person (16-17) who is homeless;
A young
offender;
A person
leaving care; or
Under
threat of violence, sexual or racial
abuse or harassment
Points also take
into account the difference between
the home you live in now and the sort
of home that is considered suitable
for you. For more information click
on the blue bars below.
Points can also
be allocated because of problems facing
you in your current home. You will have
to apply to your council before you
can be considered for any of these points:
Further points
can be allocated because of people who
live in your household:
