Changes to the allocations policy


Following various issues identified in the recent Audit Commission report, Nottingham City Homes introduced its new allocations policy on 13th February 2006.

It made the allocations policy easier to understand and moved away from a points based approach to one using a system of bands.

As an applicant, you will be placed into a band rather than receiving points. This depends on your priority for rehousing. The other members of the partnership - the housing associations - have all agreed to the general principles of each of these bands.

Another change to the allocations policy is that you will have to prove a local connection to Nottingham before an allocation can be made to you from Nottingham City Homes. This means you must have:

• been resident in Nottingham for 6 out of the past 12 months OR
• be employed in Nottingham OR
• have immediate family living in Nottingham who also meet the local connection criteria.

To be offered a housing association property, a local connection is not always required. There is now only one form to fill in to be registered with most social housing providers in Nottingham which makes the system a lot easier.

Download the Allocations Policy booklet.

For an application form and the Guide to HomeLink, please go to our page on Literature, translations and other formats. You can also download summarised and full Allocations Policy as well which gives more detailed information.

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