Common Allocation Policy for Tees Valley Lettings Partnership

Our policy has been written to meet the legal requirements for the allocation of housing as set out in the Housing Act 1996 Part VI as amended by the Homelessness Act (2002), the Localism Act 2011 and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.

This policy also has regard to the following:

• Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities (GOV.UK)
• Allocation of accommodation: guidance for local housing authorities in England
• Providing Social Housing for Local People Statutory Guidance
• Right to Move and social housing allocations statutory guidance
• Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004
• Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000
• Public sector equality duty
• The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness and Persons subject to Immigration Control Regulations 2022
• Improving access to social housing for victims of domestic abuse - GOV.UK
• The Housing Act 1996 (Additional Preference for Armed Forces) (England) Regulations 2012

This policy will be regularly reviewed and revised in the light of any relevant legislative changes or regulations issued by the Secretary of State and changes to the Codes of Guidance.

We will ensure that our policy meets our legal obligations, in addition, we will ensure that our policy is compatible with local, sub-regional and regional housing strategies, together with existing homelessness and rough sleeping strategies.

The housing register (referred to as the 'register' throughout this document) is a single list of all the applicants who have registered and been accepted onto this scheme.