New Allocations Scheme

The Royal Borough’s current housing allocation scheme was published in November 1998, in accordance with the Housing Act 1996. Minor amendments were required in 2003, as a result of the 2002 Homelessness Act, but in all other respects the scheme has remained in its original form.

A fundamental review of the allocation scheme was undertaken in 2005-06, focusing on the following key issues:

• The need to achieve a more realistic prioritisation of applicants, given the very limited number of units becoming available for letting each year and the huge level of housing demand with which the Council is presented.
• The challenges involved in meeting the Government target to halve the number of homeless households placed in temporary accommodation by 2010.
• The new ‘harder test’ Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) introduced by the Audit Commission, with a sharper focus on housing and homelessness from April 2006.

The new scheme is available online for you to download and read: TMO Allocations Scheme [PDF] (134 kb).

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