Bexley Homechoice - Prioritising Applications

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Prioritising Applications

The London Borough of Bexley uses a banding system in order to prioritise applications for housing to make sure that homes are let to those in most housing need.

When your application has been received with supporting documents and assessed you will be told which band your application has been placed in. There are 5 bands for those on the Housing Register (with Band 1 as the highest priority and Band 5 as the lowest) and 4 bands for those on the Transfer Register (with Band 1 as the highest priority and Band 4 as the lowest).

The tables below explain under what circumstances you might be placed in a particular band:

Housing Register

Band	Category of Need	Criteria
One	Medical	Very serious health problems requiring urgent assistance
	Social	Very serious social needs supported by Social Services and requiring urgent assistance
	Other Harassment	Very urgent cases where another applicant can be housed in return
	Closing or demolition order	Present property in dangerous condition
	Non Successors	Relatives of the tenant who are not entitled to succeed but have a statutory right to be assisted with another property
	Under Occupier of a registered social landlord in Bexley	Tenants who are under occupying their property and wish to move to smaller accommodation
Two	Other Urgent needs	Applicants accepted for housing under the Housing Act 1996. Serious harassment
Two	Environmental Health referrals	Category 1(a) hazard and statutorily overcrowded
Three	Medical & Social Care	Serious health problems but not as urgent as band 1
	Severe Overcrowding	Lacking 2 or more bedrooms
	Key workers	As defined in the London Borough of Bexley's unitary plan
	Environmental Health referrals	Category 1(a) hazard but not statutorily overcrowded
Four	Other In Borough Applicants	All other local people
Five	Out of Borough Applicants	Out of Borough applicants including those referred under housing mobility schemes by other Local Authorities

Transfer Register

Band	Category of Need	Criteria
One	Medical	Very serious health problems requiring urgent assistance
	Social	Very serious social needs supported by Social Services and requiring urgent assistance
	Urgent transfers	Racial or other harassment putting a tenants life or well being at serious risk and any other circumstances that will necessitate an urgent transfer
	Under occupiers	Tenants who are under- occupying their current accommodation and wish to move to a smaller home
	Successors	Relatives of the tenant who have a statutory right to succeed to the tenancy but are under occupying
Two	Redevelopment or poor condition home	Property needs extensive renovation or repairs or redevelopment
Three	Medical and Social Care	Serious health problems but not as urgent as band one. Socially isolated sheltered applicants
Three	Severe Overcrowding	Lacking 2 or more bedrooms
Four	Lower need	Any other tenant

If your circumstances change your band may change so please make sure you tell us of any changes as soon as possible (for example if someone joins or leaves your household). You can tell us by contacting us in any of the ways shown in the How To Contact Us section or by selecting the Contact Form option above.