Homechoice
Eastleigh Homechoice is the name of the Council's Housing
Register.
Eastleigh Borough Council does not own any of its own
accommodation, but maintains and manages the Eastleigh Homechoice
Housing Register on behalf of its partner housing associations who
do own properties in the Borough.
Any housing association vacancies are advertised and let
through the Eastleigh Homechoice Housing Register.
Mutual Exchanges
In some cases, tenants of local authorities and housing
associations have a right to 'mutually exchange'. This means
that they can 'swap' their property with someone else's. This
scheme provides applicants with opportunities to move to other
areas for employment reasons etc.
If you are interested in a mutual
exchange you will need to contact your landlord who will give you
further advice.
Results
Results of previously advertised properties are published so
that applicants can gauge how long they will have to wait for the
property of their choice.
Details are published on how many applicants applied for a
property and banding details of the successful applicant.
Review of Eastleigh Homechoice Register Decision
If you are unhappy with the priority band your Homechoice
application has been placed in, you can appeal.
Sheltered
Accommodation
If you wish to apply for sheltered
accommodation in the Borough you only need to complete one
application form for Eastleigh Homechoice. You are able to
apply to join the Register through this
website or,
alternatively,
contact us and we will arrange
to send you a form in the post.
Not all the Housing Associations
working in the Borough providing sheltered accommodation are part
of the combined register and therefore you will need to contact
them direct.
Further information regarding all
the schemes in the Borough can be found in the
Transfers
If you are a tenant of one of the housing associations in the
Eastleigh Borough area you may be eligible for a transfer to a
larger or smaller property in the Borough. If you want
further information on your eligibility for a transfer you should
contact your landlord.
Eastleigh Homechoice Register Waiting
List
The following table provides information on the number of
applicants waiting on the Homechoice Register, by bedroom size and
banding priority.
As
at 2nd October 2008 there
are 4,130 applicants waiting for accommodation on
Homechoice
| BED REQ |
URGENT |
HIGH PRIORITY |
PRIORITY |
NO PRIORITY |
TOTAL |
| 1 |
4 |
968 |
374 |
241 |
1,587 |
| 2 |
2 |
523 |
246 |
281 |
1,052 |
| 3 |
3 |
227 |
215 |
116 |
561 |
| 4 |
1 |
63 |
87 |
5 |
156 |
| 5 |
0 |
24 |
36 |
0 |
60 |
| OVER 60 1 BED |
2 |
211 |
285 |
202 |
700 |
| OVER 60 2 BED |
0 |
5 |
8 |
1 |
14 |
| TOTAL |
12 |
2,021 |
1,251 |
846 |
4,130 |
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