Common Allocation Policy Review 2024
Consultation Questions
The Tees Valley Lettings Partnership is seeking your views on proposed changes to the Common Allocations Policy.
Due to the increased demand for social housing within the partnership areas and the financial pressures currently placed on local authorities, considerations include changes to the priority banding criteria, the disqualification period due to anti-social behaviour and local connections.
When a local authority makes an alteration to their scheme for allocating social rented housing, which would result in a major change to their policy, members of the public should be invited to comment on the proposals.
The consultation is open for responses for six weeks ending at 12pm on Monday 18 November.
Applications registered prior to the implementation of the new policy will not be disadvantaged by the introduction of a new policy.
It is proposed that changes made to the existing policy would impact on newly registered Tees Valley Home Finder applications following the introduction date of a new policy only. Current live applications which are placed in a priority band which would be negatively impacted by the proposals will remain in their current allocated banding (unless as a result of a change in the applicant’s circumstances), and any current applications where a higher banding may be allocated under any policy changes would be reviewed and may be awarded the higher banding.
If you have any queries regarding the consultation, please contact strategichousing@stockton.gov.uk.