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Prioritising Applications

The Council uses a banding scheme to prioritise applications.

All housing and transfer applications received for rented accommodation will be assessed and placed in one of four bands. The table below sets out the banding scheme and gives examples of those applicants who would be eligible to be placed in each band.

Band	Criteria	Examples
Band 1	Emergency and high priority(local connection with the district required)	Homelessness Domestic Abuse Critical and/or crisis medical needs
Band 2	Urgent need to move(local connection with the district required)	Medical needs (general) Significant care needs, where re-housing would improve health Statutory overcrowding support needs- receiving or providing Racial and other harassment Anti-social behaviour - cases where re-housing of victim is appropriate Duties under the Children's Act 1989 Vulnerable young people aged 16 & 17 lack of basic amenities Moves that release a high demand Council or under occupied property for reletting Moves that release a disabled persons adapted property Applications via the "Tenants Incentive Scheme & Adaptation Transfer" route Council and Rykneld Homes employees, whose home is a Council property tied to their job Re-designation of older persons properties Council tenants affected by development work to Council properties/decant/creation of decant pools Multiple band 3 needs
Band 3	Moderate need	Low level overcrowding Private sector tenants with no security of tenure Children living in flats above floor level Applicants without a local connection, who would otherwise have been categorised in bands 1 & 2. Applicants who share basic amenities with other households Special circumstance (for example: families with special needs children)
Band 4	General need	This band will include applicants with none of the specific housing needs included in bands 1, 2 and 3, but who wish to be re-housed.

If you wish to download a copy of the full Choice Move Housing Policy please click here. Please note that this document is 28 pages long.