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Shared Ownership Entitlement

surfer9
surfer9 Posts: 120 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi,

Does anyone know if there is a website out there that lists all the UK boroughs and their individual policies/criteria on who gets priority.

I do not know why there is not a countrywide set of criteria, it would make it so much easier, or at least a website that lists every local authorities criteria in black and white.......which I am hoping does exist? and I just haven't found it.

I am specifically trying to find out the Local Authority of Rushmoor's policy on this. Cannot find anything. Been looking for an hour. Nothing. I am pretty sure it doesn't exist on their website. Very frustrating.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Comments

  • Grant_Urismo
    Grant_Urismo Posts: 41 Forumite
    I could be wrong (it's been 8 years since we bought our shared ownership house) but I believe the policy depends on the housing association, not the borough.
  • Elfbert
    Elfbert Posts: 578 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    As above.

    I live in London, and within one borough there are many HAs, each with slightly differing criteria.
    Mortgage - £[STRIKE]68,000 may 2014[/STRIKE] 45,680.
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Not all the UK has "boroughs", for a start, and many of the local authorities have transferred all (or most) of their housing to housing associations.

    I'm not sure a countrywide database would be all that useful, how many people apply for housing far from home?
  • mije1983
    mije1983 Posts: 3,665 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Name Dropper
    Easiest way is to find out which HAs operate in your chosen area and give them a call. Will take much less than an hour!
  • surfer9
    surfer9 Posts: 120 Forumite
    edited 21 February 2017 at 11:34PM
    ok....will look into it....thanks people!
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