Hampshire Home Choice
Social Housing - Choice Based Lettings
The way housing association homes in the borough are
allocated has undergone a significant change. The goverment has
asked all councils to introduce a Choice Based Lettings scheme.
Choice Based Lettings requires vacant social
housing properties to be advertised and invites
customers to apply or 'place a bid of interest' on properties
they would like to be considered for. The Choice Based
Lettings Scheme is called Hampshire Home
Choice.
Hampshire Home Choice is a sub-regional partnership that is
made up of:
- Havant Borough Council
- East Hampshire District Council
- Winchester City Council
The aim of Hampshire Home Choice:
- To provide a single system of allocations across the three
Councils
- To provide a system that customers can understand and which is
both open and fair
- Increase the sustainability of local communities
- Facilitate genuine opportunities for mobility across the
sub-region
- Assist customers in the highest assessed need and reduce
homelessness
- Ensure that vulnerable customers are supported in being able to
participate in the scheme
Vulnerable People
To ensure that everyone is able to take part in the Hampshire
Home Choice scheme a number of measures has been put in place
to protect vulnerable people from being disadvantaged.
- Provide appropriate advice and assistance
- Translate key documents where necessary
- Provide information in alternative formats where
necessary. A 'Browse Aloud Feature' will also be included on the
Hampshire Home Choice website
- Develop partnership working with support agencies
- Undertake monitoring and regular reviews of the sub-regional
Allocations Framework
- Offer assistance to customers who require additional help
with the scheme
- Implement a full monitoring system to ensure vulnerable people
are using the scheme successfully
More details on the vulnerability statement will be published
shortly
Further information
If you would like to apply for Social Housing you can complete
an on-line application by following the link below:
Hampshire Home
Choice
If you would like to read the Scheme Guide in full please
follow the link below:
Information about the Scheme
Guide
To read the Hampshire Home Choice Allocations Framework in full
please follow the link below:
Allocations
Framework
Professionals guide to the Supported Housing Panel:
Supported
Housing Panel Information Pack
If you would like to request paper copies of the above
mentioned documents or would like further information please
contact the Housing Services Team directly. For contact details
please follow the link below:
The Housing Services Team