Many of our homes to rent are available through choice based lettings schemes (CBL).
What is Choice Based Lettings?
The Government is committed to ensuring that social housing tenants have more choice and control over where they live. This is the best way to build communities that are stable, viable and inclusive.
Choice-Based Lettings (CBL) are different from the traditional way of allocating housing via the waiting list.
CBL allows applicants for social housing (and tenants who want to transfer) to apply for vacancies which are advertised widely in the neighbourhood (e.g. in the local newspaper or on a website).
Applicants can see the full range of available properties and can apply for any home to which they are matched (e.g. a single person would not be eligible for a three-bedroom house). Priority is given to those with urgent needs, but where possible properties are allocated on the basis of who has been waiting the longest. Authorities provide feedback that helps applicants to assess their chances of success in subsequent applications.