I Have Been Accepted As Homeless
(The Housing Act 1996, Part V11, as amended by the Homelessness
Act 2002).
If the Council has accepted a statutory duty under the Homeless
Legislation to rehouse you, you will be expected to bid for all
properties that you are eligible for.
Home Choice Plus is keen that everybody plays an active role in
this scheme. We need to maximise our use of our Temporary
Accommodation by avoiding the use of Bed & Breakfast
Accommodation for homeless households.
For anyone that we have accepted a duty towards they will be
given a Priority status and because of this status the process is a
little different.
- Your Priority Banding will be time limited for 3 months – it
will then be reviewed.
- You will be expected to have made a bid within the first 2
weeks of receiving your Priority Banding. If statutorily homeless
applicants have not obtained accommodation using the priority
status within two weeks of being awarded the priority, Officers
from Housing Services at Wychavon District Council will make bids
on behalf of the applicant for any suitable properties that become
available.
- Wychavon Housing Services officers may assist with your
bidding, where suitable properties become available.
- If a suitable offer is refused the homelessness duty will be
discharged and the customer will cease to have a priority
status.
For more information contact
Housing Needs
Wychavon District Council
Telephone: 01386 565020
Email: housing.needs@wychavon.gov.uk
