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spezial wrote: »

but there is no criterion to be vulnerable!
the higher bid takes it, isn't it like that?
I am not talking to live there for free

I don't know who is the most confused now after that comment... Do you mean an auction ?

Cornucopia

spezial wrote: »

but there is no criterion to be vulnerable!
the higher bid takes it, isn't it like that?
I am not talking to live there for free

The bidding is not about money. It's about the housing needs of the applicant versus the suitability and desirability of the property.

It's explained here: https://www.gov.uk/council-housing

A single person on a low income is more likely to have to find their own private rental accommodation and then claim Housing Benefit, if they are eligible. There are rules about both income and savings that affect whether HB is payable.

mattcanary

Cornucopia wrote: »

The bidding is not about money. It's about the housing needs of the applicant versus the suitability and desirability of the property.

It's explained here: https://www.gov.uk/council-housing

A single person on a low income is more likely to have to find their own private rental accommodation and then claim Housing Benefit, if they are eligible. There are rules about both income and savings that affect whether HB is payable.

Some authorities just have three bands (eg: gold, silver and bronze) and people fit into one of these bands. The property is then given to the person at the top of the list that expresses and interest in it. Someone may just be top because they have been on the list longer than all the other people in their band that expressed an interest in moving there.


I was awarded a council tenancy as a single person with no vulnerabilities expressed on my housing register application. I was in the bronze band and had been on the list longer than anyone else that experessed an interest in the flat (but had only been on the list for something like 4 years).
Was only allowed to bid (or express an interest in) up to 2 properties a week though.
The flat was in a real mess and the previous tenant had been evicted by the council for anti-social behaviour. That may have made a difference also. (The flat is in a perfectly decent area though).


I live in Norwich so not the Home Counties. There are a lot of council properties in Norwich. The council still tell you that you have very little chance of getting housed by them, but it may not always be true.

spezial

billywilly wrote: »

If you want a sure fact investment, you would get a council property then buy it under the Right to Buy scheme. Live in it for a while and then rent it out and buy your own property to live in.

very good idea!

spezial

mattcanary wrote: »

Some authorities just have three bands (eg: gold, silver and bronze) and people fit into one of these bands. The property is then given to the person at the top of the list that expresses and interest in it. Someone may just be top because they have been on the list longer than all the other people in their band that expressed an interest in moving there.


I was awarded a council tenancy as a single person with no vulnerabilities expressed on my housing register application. I was in the bronze band and had been on the list longer than anyone else that experessed an interest in the flat (but had only been on the list for something like 4 years).
Was only allowed to bid (or express an interest in) up to 2 properties a week though.
The flat was in a real mess and the previous tenant had been evicted by the council for anti-social behaviour. That may have made a difference also. (The flat is in a perfectly decent area though).


I live in Norwich so not the Home Counties. There are a lot of council properties in Norwich. The council still tell you that you have very little chance of getting housed by them, but it may not always be true.

thanks, this is the voice of logic
what exactly I had in mind

however the problem with me is that my salary will go significantly up during the next years and thus while I am eligible now, I may not be in the next years

BigAunty

Cornucopia wrote: »

The bidding is not about money. It's about the housing needs of the applicant versus the suitability and desirability of the property.

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In many areas, there was resentment about how many priority need applicants leapfrog over others and where there is a real shortage of social housing, virtually all available properties get allocated to the homeless, rather than general needs.

However, now the law has changed in England so that the homeless can be allocated a private tenancy.

My council in Scotland has 5 priority bands and each year they set a percentage of properties that they will allocate to each band. I don't know how they are weighted (obviously, homeless are always prioritised and in Scotland are offered social housing) but people in every band know that properties get allocated to them.

Cornucopia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_state

Scarla

Didn't you start this thread wanting a council property?

spezial

well, I am a genuine person with financial difficulties, I am not lazy not incapable to find a job! I can and I do contribute to the society! I am in the beginning now and I need support, I cannot afford a home at the prices that aim to people having 50k income. And I don't want luxuries, just a small flat. But that disgraced state, wants me to be lazy and incapable to help me. Why they give job seeker's allowance? Make them wipe the streets to get it! Not being lazy all day.

Scarla

Some may say that a salary of £16k is a good one, myself included. Especially if there is only one person to support.