Consultation on proposed changes to our Allocations Policy

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In November 2010, we sent out a consultation document to all those on the Housing Register about proposed changes to our Allocations Policy.  The closing date was 3 December 2010. Thank you to all those who replied.

The proposed changes went to the Council's  Executive Committee on 8 February 2011. The changes were approved and came into force on 1 April 2011.

In brief, the proposed changes are:

• Giving higher priority to some applicants at risk of becoming homeless to prevent the Council having to provide temporary accommodation.
  
• Registering all accepted homeless households in temporary accommodation for `Autobid` - an automatic bidding system, to assist their move to permanent accommodation.
  
• Giving top priority to more tenants who would like to downsize to smaller accommodation to free up more homes for families who need larger homes.
  
• Offers of social housing outside of Kingston and in the South West London sub-region, to be considered suitable where it is reasonable for the applicant to accept.

To view the consultation document in full, please see the related document below: