Housing Allocation Policy

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Applicants for housing will be assessed on the basis of housing need and placed into one of five groups. The groups and priorities are listed below. Within each group applicants will be listed in order of priority, based on level of housing need, and then in date order. We no longer use a points based system. If you wish to find out which housing priority grouping you have been placed in, please contact your neighbourhood office.

Group
Group 1 Homeless	Homeless and in priority need (as defined by legislation)
Group 2 Mobility	Priority A - Critical Mobility Need	Priority B – Urgent Mobility Need	Priority C - Mobility Need
Group 3 Housing Need	Priority A – Critical Housing Need	Priority B – Urgent Housing Need	Priority C - Housing Need
Group 4 Exchanges	Existing Renfrewshire Council tenants who wish to move but who do not fall into any other groups
Group 5 General	Applicants with no housing need

If you have any questions about the policy please contact your Customer Service Centre or local housing office.

Further information and how to apply

All customers who wish to apply for rented accommodation provided by Renfrewshire Council, are invited to discuss their housing options with a housing expert.

The discussion will include options that best suit each customer's housing need, such as: council housing, other social housing providers, private landlords and owner occupation. Prospective tenants are also given financial information and advice on other types of support available. Should a customer's best option include appling for council housing, this will be done during the discussion, which allows us to improve the way we match an applicant to a property.

To make an appointment for a Housing Options interview, please telephone:

• Paisley Neighbourhood Office - 0141 840 3068
• Johnstone Neighbourhood Office - 01505 342250
• Renfrew Neighbourhood Office - 0141 886 3344
• Housing Advice and Homeless Services - 0141 842 3060

You can download our allocation policy here:

Allocation Policy (pdf - 425kb)

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