Gateway to Homechoice - Choice Based Lettings Scheme
The way in which social housing is allocated across the Greater
Haven Gateway is set to change at the end of 2008. The following
Local Authorities are working on developing the new Choice Based
Lettings (CBL) scheme for the Greater Haven Gateway. The local
authorities that form the Partnership are:
- Babergh District Council
- Braintree District Council
- Colchester Borough Council
- Ipswich Borough Council
- Maldon District Council
- Mid Suffolk District Council
- Suffolk Coastal District Council
Tendring Council have deferred their decision at this time to join
the sub-regional scheme.
Under CBL, landlords will advertise their properties and
customers then choose which homes they are interested in applying
for. The Councils have adopted one common allocations policy
against which everyone will be assessed. An applicant will only
need to apply to one of the Councils but can be considered for
housing in all of the areas.
A common allocations policy has been developed and consultation
on this policy took place from December 2007 to February 2008. The
policy has now been approved by all of the above Councils –
Tendring Council have deferred their decision to join the scheme at
the present time. The full policy can be downloaded here. This
policy will come into effect when choice based lettings is
introduced at the end of 2008.
We are now developing our scheme and existing applicants will be
contacted during the next few months giving them details of how the
scheme will operate and what they will need to do to take part in
the scheme.
If you wish to find out more about the scheme please download
our latest newsletter.
For further information Please contact the Project Manager:
Babergh District Council: Diane Foley
Diane.foley@babergh.gov.uk
You can also contact your representative on the Project Board: