Registering for housing in Hillingdon - London Borough of Hillingdon

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and that everyone on the register (no matter what banding) can still increase their priority in line with how long they have waited. We carefully assess each application to decide your housing need and that of your family. We judge housing need on the accommodation you are living in, and whether there are any medical or environmental things that are making it difficult for you to stay at the property. We consider whether the property is big enough for the number of people living there. We also consider whether you may be threatened with homelessness because you have been asked to leave, or have other reasons for not feeling safe in your home. Sometimes we will refer your application to another specialist housing team if we feel that the situation is urgent. This could be the housing options and advice team, the emergency housing team or the privatesector team, depending on the problem. They will then contact you immediately to give you further advice. Reassessing an application Sometimes, a change of circumstance (such as losing your home or becoming ill) means that we will reassess your application to see if you should move to a higher band. Changes of circumstances can also mean that you may move to a lower band – for 2
example, if your medical condition improves or you move to more suitable temporary or other rented accommodation. If your band changes, we may also award you a different priority date. How soon will I be housed? The table below shows the total number of people currently on the housing register. It also shows how many people are in each band, and the size of property they are waiting for. Housing register as at 1 August 2007 Band A Band B Band C Band D Total One bedroom need 108 149 913 4013 5183 Two bedroom need 17 91 1301 1531 2940 Three bedroom need 8 16 1119 655 1798 Four bedroom need 1 7 453 124 585 Five+ bedroom need 2 9 162 22 195 Total 136 272 3948 6345 10701 Last year only 933 properties became available to let to people on the housing register. We let most of these properties to people in bands A, B and C because they are in more urgent housing need. Although we also rehoused 70 people from band D, the waiting time for people in this band is significantly longer. As a result, if you are in band D, we recommend that you seriously consider other housing options. 3
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