Common Allocation Policy for Tees Valley Lettings Partnership

By working together, we will strive to:

• provide a consistent approach to allocating available homes of both partner and nomination registered provider properties
• improve access to safe and secure homes across the partnership local authority areas
• provide help for applicants to address barriers to housing and to tackle and prevent homelessness
• provide more choice in housing to residents in the partnership local authority areas and help to create sustainable, mixed communities where people choose to live
• ensure that anyone applying for a home is provided with a first-class housing service and a choice of housing which best suits their long-term housing needs

The shared aims and objectives of this policy are:

• to meet our legal responsibilities as set out in the Housing Act 1996 (as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002, Localism Act 2011 and Homelessness Reduction Act 2017)
• to assist local authorities in preventing and reducing homelessness
• to let homes of partner landlords and nomination properties in a fair and transparent way by empowering applicants and supporting them to make informed choices about where they want to live
• to provide bespoke services for people who may find it difficult to apply for housing and offer help in maintaining a successful tenancy
• to improve local and sub regional mobility across the partnership local authority areas and to encourage balanced and sustainable communities
• to make efficient use of the social housing stock in meeting housing needs