Lettings Policy

Tower Hamlets Lettings Policylandlord who will be able to provide youwith advice and support. If you owe nomore than four weeks of your weeklycharge (that is the amount you have topay after any Housing Benefit has beendeducted), then your housingapplication will not be affected. You willbe asked to sign an undertaking that youwill pay any arrears before you move.47. If you owe no more than 10 weeks ofyour weekly charge and you have beenkeeping to an agreement to pay off thearrears for at least 8 weeks then yourhousing application will not be affected.You will be asked to sign an undertakingthat you will continue to pay the arrearsif you move. If you owe more than 10weeks of your weekly charge then youwill normally not be considered for anyhomes you may apply for.48. Each case will be considered on itsindividual merits by Common HousingRegister partner landlords, the Council’shomeless or lettings service. Discretioncan be used by a manager to overridearrears if it is felt that unreasonablehardship would otherwise occur.49. If the Housing Management Panelmakes this decision then you will beasked to make an agreement to payyour arrears and sign an undertakingthat you will continue to keep to theagreement if you move.When your application is accepted50. You can then look at the propertiesadvertised each week and apply forthose you are interested in and aresuitable for your household size.51. To find out how to do this go toparagraph 68 onwards on Choice BasedLettings.Homeless People52. The Council must consider the followingwhen deciding what assistance to give ifyou are applying as homelessWhether you are eligible forassistance?53. This generally means someone who ishabitually resident in the Common TravelArea, and is not subject to immigrationcontrol as decided by the Secretary ofState although some people who aresubject to immigration control willqualify.Whether you are homeless orthreatened with homelessness?54. This generally means that one of thefollowing may apply to you:• you have nowhere to stay tonight;• you have been asked to leave a homethat you have no legal right to stay in;• you face possible eviction orrepossession;• you have somewhere to live but youcannot get into it;• you have somewhere to live but thereis someone there who may be or hasbeen violent towards you;• you have somewhere to live but otherpeople who you normally live withcannot live there; or• you have somewhere to live but it isso unsuitable that the Council thinksit would be unreasonable for you tolive there.Whether you are in priority need foraccommodation?55. This generally means that one or moreof the following applies to you:• you have dependent children wholive with you;• you, or a member of your household,is pregnant;• you are vulnerable because of age;mental or physical illness; disability;10