Housing Allocation Policy

The key aims and objectives of the Housing Allocation Policy are to:

• Contribute to the development of sustainable communities.
• Maximise the use of housing stock within the borough.
• Assist the council and its partners in meeting statutory duties and corporate aims.
• Prevent people from becoming statutory homeless.
• Meet national, regional, sub-regional and local priorities.
• Provide flexible and affordable accommodation options which meet needs and expectations.
• Maximise choice for applicants.
• Make the housing process and its policies more accessible to customers.
• Let available accommodation fairly and in an open and transparent way.
• Meet responsibilities towards the borough's residents.
• Minimise property void periods.
• Seek to promote social inclusion.
• Promote and achieve equality of opportunity.

This policy is in the process of being reviewed and updated.

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