Statutory homeless 10.40,70 x or 100 Decants 100 or 200 X Major works 60 or 120 X Management transfers 60 or 120 X Relationship 50 X breakdown Under occupying social 80 X X housing tenants – points per bedroom under occupying. 150 x x Under occupying tenants in two bedroom properties. Under occupation 100 x dependents All applicants will x x x x receive 5% of their total housing needs points for each year on the list starting from the week that housing needs points are added to an application residence – and waiting time points are not included. For homeless applicants this will be from the date of application. *except those in reception centres Choice based lettings Islington Council operates a choice based lettings scheme (CBL) called Home Connections. As far as possible all council, housing association, co-op managed and tenant management organisation (TMO) properties are allocated through this scheme. There are exceptions such as sheltered housing. The council may refuse bids from applicants if the property does not meet their assessed housing need or to avoid any potential risk to the applicants or others. Who can bid? The council will set thresholds for the points above which applicants will be able to bid and may set annual quotas for applicants in local priority categories. These will be established for each bedroom size and will be reviewed annually by the Service Director of Housing Needs and Strategy based on supply and demand levels. How to Bid
Statutory homeless 10.40,70 or 100 x Decants 100 or 200 X Major works 60 or 120 X Management transfers 60 or 120 X Relationship breakdown 50 X Under occupying social housing tenants – points per bedroom under occupying. Under occupying tenants in two bedroom properties. Under occupation dependents 80 150 100 X x X x x All applicants will receive 5% of their total housing needs points for each year on the list starting from the week that housing needs points are added to an application – residence and waiting time points are not included. For homeless applicants this will be from the date of application. *except those in reception centres x x x x Choice based lettings Islington Council operates a choice based lettings scheme (CBL) called Home Connections. As far as possible all council, housing association, co-op managed and tenant management organisation (TMO) properties are allocated through this scheme. There are exceptions such as sheltered housing. The council may refuse bids from applicants if the property does not meet their assessed housing need or to avoid any potential risk to the applicants or others. Who can bid? The council will set thresholds for the points above which applicants will be able to bid and may set annual quotas for applicants in local priority categories. These will be established for each bedroom size and will be reviewed annually by the Service Director of Housing Needs and Strategy based on supply and demand levels. How to Bid
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