Written notification to all remaining applicants who are owner occupiers As at 01/04/2016 the number of advising of their removal from the owner occupiers on the Housing Housing Register with a right of Register: appeal. 4. Removal of applicants with Since 10th August 2015 households To extend the rules to those with The change would remove the with a total income of £25k per year sufficient financial resources whose complexity of rules that are different sufficient financial resources to secure alternative accommodation (single household) or £40k per year application date preceded 10th due to the date the applicant applied. from the Housing Register (joint households) or capital assets August 2015. This would make the policy more of over £50k are not allowed to join easily understood. the Housing Register. This would not require further external consultation as this was would also be equality in the done when the decision was taken to transparency of the policy that all not accept people who had the applicants are treated the same. financial resources to secure alternative accommodation onto the Removing existing applicants who Housing Register. exceed the financial thresholds may also help to reduce the number of council properties purchased under How? the Right to Buy scheme. Written notification to all remaining Current rules allow any public sector applicants review, advising there tenant who has been a tenant for 3 is now a threshold for earnings and or more years at any point to qualify savings and financial checks will be to buy the home they currently live in undertaken at point of offer. if it is eligible for Right to Buy.
Written notification to all remaining applicants who are owner occupiers advising of their removal from the Housing Register with a right of appeal. As at 01/04/2016 the number of owner occupiers on the Housing Register: 4. Removal of applicants with sufficient financial resources to secure alternative accommodation from the Housing Register Since 10th August 2015 households with a total income of £25k per year (single household) or £40k per year (joint households) or capital assets of over £50k are not allowed to join the Housing Register. To extend the rules to those with sufficient financial resources whose application date preceded 10th August 2015. This would not require further external consultation as this was done when the decision was taken to not accept people who had the financial resources to secure alternative accommodation onto the Housing Register. How? Written notification to all remaining applicants review, advising there is now a threshold for earnings and savings and financial checks will be undertaken at point of offer. The change would remove the complexity of rules that are different due to the date the applicant applied. This would make the policy more easily understood. would also be equality in the transparency of the policy that all applicants are treated the same. Removing existing applicants who exceed the financial thresholds may also help to reduce the number of council properties purchased under the Right to Buy scheme. Current rules allow any public sector tenant who has been a tenant for 3 or more years at any point to qualify to buy the home they currently live in if it is eligible for Right to Buy.
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