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.

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

Further information
If you have a current housing application with us, we will have already written to you telling you your new group and priority. We hope that the letter clearly explained the changes to you. However, if you have any questions, we will be more than happy to answer them.

If you are a new applicant for housing, we'll write and tell you your group and priority when we have assessed your application. If you have any questions about the policy please contact your local neighbourhood office.

You can find contact details for your local office in the menu on the top right-hand side of this page.

Download the allocation policy related documents in pdf format here: