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Prioritising Applications
How are bids prioritised?
Melton Homes uses a banding scheme to prioritise applications in accordance with housing need.
All housing applications received for rented accommodation will be assessed and placed in one of 4 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.
Priority Housing Need |
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Homeless Households to whom the Council has a statutory duty under section 193 of the housing act 1996 to secure accommodation |
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Emergency medical need |
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Emergency welfare need |
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Multiple/Complex housing need |
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High Housing Need |
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| Has 2 or more qualifying Medium Housing Need categories | |
| Homeseekers where there is overcrowding by two or more bedrooms | |
| In supported accommodation and approved for move-on or independent living | |
| Under-occupying social housing which is in high demand | |
Medium Housing Need |
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| Other homeless households | |
| Poor housing conditions | |
| Medical need affected by housing | |
| Welfare need affected by housing | |
| Short-term accommodation (this cannot be combined with other medium housing need to give high housing need) | |
Low Housing Need |
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| No local connection to any of the 7 sub-regional councils | |
| Has the financial means to provide own housing | |
| Owner or joint owner of property with no medical or welfare needs | |
| Owes a housing related debt with no arrangement to pay or a payment plan which has not been kept | |
| Guilty of behaviour which affects suitability to be a tenant | |
| Transfer applicant only eligible for a like for like move | |
| Joint tenant of a social housing property where the other party will not be moving | |
| Only interested in Homebuy / Shared ownership options | |
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Deliberate worsening of housing circumstances to get higher priority |
Refer to the Leicestershire Choice Based Lettings Allocations Policy for further detailsOnce bids have been received against each property home seekers in each band will be placed in date order. The applicant with the oldest date will normally have the highest priority. The date that is normally used for matching home seekers to properties is their registration date with Melton Homes or the date the home seeker moved into a higher housing need band.