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EastendHomes works in partnership with Tower Hamlets Council and our common housing register partner landlords to make sure our housing stock is used effectively to meet the housing needs of residents in Tower Hamlets.
All our housing stock is in Tower Hamlets and we work closely with the council to assist their statutory duties to secure accommodation for single people and families in housing need.
Changes to Lettings policy
The revised policy provides improved consideration to:
- Applicants who have waited the longest within their band
- Applicants who need ground floor accommodation on medical/disability grounds or need wheelchair accessible property
- Overcrowded and homeless households will be in the same band and given priority in date order of when they registered or when they applied as homeless
The Policy aims to:
- Show clearly how decisions are made to offer housing to applicants
- Show clearly why an applicant is not made an offer
- Show the position clearly to applicants who have little or no chance of being offered housing – so they can consider other options
Priority bands explained (see attached)
Band 1 - High Priority Band - This band is divided into two sections and allows the most urgent cases to be considered first. Preference is given to emergencies first, and then applicants in Group A in preference date order, then Group B in preference date order.
Group A
· Emergencies – Urgent Housing need combined with serious welfare/medical/safety/emergency factors
· Medical/Disability/ground floor need assessed for Cat A & B wheelchair adapted property
· Priority Decants – clearance date of less than 1 year or tenants needing 4 bed or wheelchair accessible property
· Under- occupiers – those giving up the most bedrooms are considered first
Group B
· Priority medical – serious health severely affected buy current housing
· Priority Social – urgent need to move on social/safety/welfare grounds
· Decants – clearance date over 1 year
· Priority Target Groups – groups given priority in the community’s interest or because of circumstances
Band 2 – Priority Band – preference given in date order of entry to the band
· applicants who are overcrowded
· homeless households
Band 3 – General Band
· Tenants of CHR partner landlords who are not overcrowdedor an assessed need to move home but may be seeking like for like transfers.
Band 4 - Reserve Band
· Applicants who do not qualify for bands 1, 2 or 3.
· Housing register applicants who are not overcrowded;
· applicants with no local connection; property owners or leaseholders;
· tenants of social housing landlords who are not CHR partners
You will be placed in a band and we will take into account the time you've been registered.
Common Housing Register partners
Tower Hamlets Council
Tower Hamlets Homes
Poplar HARCA
Spitalfields Housing Association
Tower Hamlets Community Housing
Gateway Housing Association
Southern Housing Group
Swan Housing Association
EastendHomes
Island Homes
Old Ford Housing Association
Providence Row Housing Association
Family Mosaic
East Homes
Metropolitan Housing Trust
Mitali Housing Association
One Housing Group
Newlon Housing Trust
Stadium Housing Association
Guinness South
Circle 33 Housing Trust
Every home that is available to let is advertised in
East End Life
Homeseekers
Local housing offices
One Stop shops
Partner landlord offices
Homeless service reception
If you find a home you are interested in, you can:
bid online (Homeseekers)
phone the automated system on 0845 270 2400
fill in the coupon in East End Life
You need to be on the housing register before you can bid. When you fill out a form please don't forget your six-digit reference number.
Offers are made in priority order, based on the Tower Hamlets Lettings Policy.