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Summary of Letting Results for April 2023 to March 2024

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 2023-24. 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 Band award to that of the successful applicant to your own, which are all indicators of long you may have to wait to be rehoused.

365 households were rehoused

271 council homes were relet

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

A new development of Council owned homes was completed;  19 families had the keys to brand new homes

What was the band award of the successful applicants

200 were direct matched to applicants in Band 1

136 successful bids were from Band 2 applicants

11 successful bids were from Band 3 applicants

4 successful bids were from Band 4

14 successful bids from Band 5 applicants

Type of Property  Number
Bedsit 27
1 bed flat 125
2 bed flat 33
1 bed maisonette 1
2 bed maisonette 4
2 bed house  51
3 bed house  57
4 bed house 9
1 bed bungalow 46
2 bed bungalow 10
3 bed bungalow 2

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 13
Astwood Bank 4
Batchley 66
BrockHill 9
Church Hill 61
Crabbs Cross 12
Enfield 18
Feckenham 2
Greenlands 18
Headless Cross    1
Lodge Park 18
Matchborough 19
Oakenshaw 16
Southcrest 10
Town Centre 9
Webheath 15
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.

When comparing the letting results from 2022/23 to 2023/24, we saw an increase of 34 properties that were relet, as new housing developments were completed. We’re working hard with strategic colleagues to develop more new affordable housing.

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