HOUSING REGISTER AND NOMINATIONS
If you are looking for affordable housing to rent or buy, or are an existing Registered Social Landlord tenant looking to transfer from your current Housing Association home, you must apply to join the Housing Register by completing a housing application form.
A Self Assessment Medical Form is also available for completion if you feel that you current accommodation is affecting your health or the health of a member of your family.
The Council no longer has any properties. We transferred 4,600 homes to a newly formed Housing Association Saxon Weald in December 2000. We do however have nomination rights to a proportion of these properties that become available for relet. This means that we match up available properties to people who are homeless or are on our general Housing Register. We also nominate people to other Housing Associations which have properties in the district. Our Housing Register and Nominations Policy has been reviewed and a copy is available to download.
**We have a distinct shortage of available properties in the District, and demand by far outstrips supply**.
In April 2008 we changed the way that applicants are assessed for housing from a points-based system to banding. We have bands A-D, and we nominate for properties by band and date order. We define our bands in the following ways:
Band A: Emergency / Top Priority
Band B: Urgent Need to Move
Band C: Identified Housing Need
Band D: Desire to Move
Band X: Mutual Exchange
The following criteria help us to decide the relative priority of an applicant:
- Relative assessment need for Housing
- Local connection to the Horsham District / or any relevant Parish
- time spent in your current band
We provide nominations from our housing register to 5 main Registered Social Landlords:
Hyde Martlett
Moat
Raglan
Saxon Weald
Southern Housing
In addition, we work with other Registered Social Landlords who develop smaller specialist schemes:
English Rural Housing Association
Greenoak Housing Association
Southdown Housing Association
A short guide to Retirement Housing
A short guide to Retirement Housing (239kb)
The aim of retirement housing is to provide an independent home but with help on call if it is needed. A short guide gives further details.
A Guide to Registered Social Landlords
A Guide to Registered Social Landlords (172 KB)
Horsham District Council works in partnership with a number of Housing Associations that are Registered Social Landlords providing homes within the District