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Summary of Letting Results from April 2022 to March 2023

All applicants accepted on to our housing register housing needs are assessed against our banding awards. There are 6 band awards with Band 1 being the highest

Band 1 applicants are direct matched to suitable properties, to recognise they need to move urgently.

Applicants in other bands can bid on advertised properties through our choice based letting service - CBL

The below detail breakdown the lets in 2022 to 2023. This can be helpful when considering your own rehousing options. All of the empty properties that became available for letting are shown below as well the property type and location, here you can see the size and areas where properties become available. You can also compare your own Band award and Band Date to that of the successful applicant which are all good indicators of long you may have to wait to be rehoused.

313 households were rehoused

261 council homes were relet

42 properties from our partner housing providers were made available through our nomination agreements

What was the band award of the successful applicants

241 were direct matched to applicants in Band 1

56 successful bids were from Band 2 applicants

1 successful bids was from Band 3 applicant

4 successful bids were from Band 4

11 successful bids from Band 5 applicants

Number and types of properties

Type of Property  Number
Bedsit 21
1 bed flat 109
2 bed flat 39
1 bed maisonette 3
2 bed maisonette 1
2 bed house  37
3 bed house  49
4 bed house 2
1 bed bungalow 46
2 bed bungalow 6
3 bed bungalow nil

Bedsits and one bed sized flats are more readily available and because of that are allocated to applicants from lower bandings.

Family sized accommodation is in very high demand, therefore most of these successful applicants are from band 1

Where do properties become available

Location Number of properties that became available for letting
Abbeydale 27
Astwood Bank 10
Batchley 57
BrockHill 8
Church Hill 37
Crabbs Cross 10
Enfield nil
Feckenham 1
Greenlands 12
Headless Cross    19
Lodge Park 15
Matchborough 23
Oakenshaw 13
Smallwood nil
Southcrest 16
St Georges 3
Town Centre nil
Upper Bentley nil
Walkwood nil
Webheath 7
Winyates 29
Woodrow 32

Here you can see what see what empty become available and in which areas to help you when considering your rehousing plans.

We know we can’t always meet people’s most preferred housing choice in terms of a house or a flat and / or area.

The larger estates are where properties become empty simply because it’s where we have the most housing stock.

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