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Step 1 - Registration

You will be able to apply for properties through HomeChoice North Somerset if you are a housing applicant and have registered on the housing register. If you are a tenant of one of our partner Registered Providers of Social Housing (RPSH)s and wish to apply for a transfer you will also need to complete the HomeChoice application form . For details on how to apply to join the housing register click Who Can Use the Service.

Either at the start of the scheme or when you are accepted on to the housing register we will write to tell you:

  • Your housing application number
  • The band your application has been placed in and your priority date. Click Prioritising Applications for more information.
  • The number of bedrooms you are entitled to.

You must tell us if there are any changes in your circumstances so that we can reassess your application and if necessary make changes to your band and priority date.

Property Size

You will only be eligible for properties that are suitable for the size of your family. The following table tells you how we normally decide on the number of bedrooms that you are eligible for:

     Assessed property size and type       
 Household Composition Min Beds

 Max Beds

  Bedsit Flat  Maisonette  Bungalow House
 Single applicant (restrictions may apply) 1

 1

 Y

 Y

Y

  

  Childless couple (restrictions may apply)

 1  2

 Y

Y 

 

Y 

  
  Childless siblings or friends 2  2  

 Y

 Y

    
 Single person or childless couple over 60 years (requiring sheltered accomodation) 1  2

 Y

 Y

 Y

 Y

  
  Household with 1 child (under 16 years of age) 2  2    Y

 Y

 Y

 Y
  Household with 1child 16 years of age or over 2  2    Y

 Y

    
  Household with 2 children (16 years of age or over) 2  3  Y

Y 

    
 Household with 2 children (one of more child of the same sex under 16 years of     age) 2  3  Y

 Y

  

 Y
 Household with 2 children (one of more child, different sexes under 16 years of age) 3  3    Y

 Y

  

 Y
 Household with 3 children (1 child aged 16 or under) 3 4

Y

Y

Y
 Household with 3 children (16 or over) 3 3

Y

Y
 Household with non dependant visiting child/ren 2 2

Y

Y
 Household with 4 children (with 1 or more chold under the age of 16) 3 4

Y

Y
 Household with 5 or more children (with 1 or more chold under the age of 16) 4 5      

 Y

For any current tenant of an RPSH partner landlord downsizing to smaller accomodation, there are no restrictions on the size of the property they can move to providing no overcrowding will occur. The new property has to have at least one bedroom less than their current home. However, in certain circumstances, where an applicant for example is moving from a house to a flat with the same number of bedrooms, then the number of bedrooms maybe disregarded.

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