Advice req council flats

mazza111

Pocketsprings, best thing you can do is go and apply to local council and local housing associations explaining your disability. Our council has a separate form for medical points.

pmlindyloo

Most councils have a housing allocation policy. Since April 2013 the criteria has changed in many councils. It is worth goggling Housing Allocation policy plus your local council.

The OP originally asked about savings. Some councils now have a policy where they have a set a limit to the amount of savings and income over which you can not apply to go on the housing register.

This council for instance http://www.maidstone.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/12204/Allocation-Scheme-Policy-2013.pdf

has a limit of £30000 in savings and £60000 in income.

Some of the Housing Allocation policies make interesting reading especially as regards their priorities.

Nada666

Torry_Quine wrote: »

As far as I'm aware and will be corrected if wrong, council homes are allocated strictly on need.

rotflmol

twice

Housing_Benefit_Officer

Each local authority has set their own criteria for allocating housing. Some don't care about savings others might.

BigAunty

Housing_Benefit_Officer wrote: »

Each local authority has set their own criteria for allocating housing. Some don't care about savings others might.

On the housing forum is a woman bidding on social housing properties where the criteria is for employed tenants only and where the second bedroom is for 1 child only. I've never heard of this criteria before.

I am aware that social housing landlords have a degree of discretion but have never heard of having a job as a mandatory criteria, nor why 2 children of the same sex/similar age are excluded. Is that common? Has housing law changed recently so there is no basic minimum national criteria on income and how many children share a room, for example?

Housing_Benefit_Officer

BigAunty wrote: »

On the housing forum is a woman bidding on social housing properties where the criteria is for employed tenants only and where the second bedroom is for 1 child only. I've never heard of this criteria before.

I am aware that social housing landlords have a degree of discretion but have never heard of having a job as a mandatory criteria, nor why 2 children of the same sex/similar age are excluded. Is that common? Has housing law changed recently so there is no basic minimum national criteria on income and how many children share a room, for example?

Yes each Local Authority has voted on their criteria for allocating social housing. Some give priority to ex servicemen etc. All part of the Localism Act.

mazza111

BigAunty wrote: »

On the housing forum is a woman bidding on social housing properties where the criteria is for employed tenants only and where the second bedroom is for 1 child only. I've never heard of this criteria before.

I am aware that social housing landlords have a degree of discretion but have never heard of having a job as a mandatory criteria, nor why 2 children of the same sex/similar age are excluded. Is that common? Has housing law changed recently so there is no basic minimum national criteria on income and how many children share a room, for example?

My dd's adapted flat states that only 1 child can stay in that bedroom. Thankfully the dd doesn't have any. But when they built those flats they were built with carers in mind. It's basically big enough for a single bed. So I think their policy is purely due to the size of the room. The main bedroom being adapted for the disabled person. Although, that's a HA as opposed to an LA.