Housing Allocation Information
How we provide this service
Housing Allocation Information is supported by Housing & Property Service Unit, Housing Operational.
South Holland District Council owns approximately 4,000 properties. We have around 2000 people on our Housing Registers and around 200 properties that become vacant each year. The majority of these are in Spalding and our other larger towns and villages. In some of the smaller settlements in the district we only have one or two properties.
We offer housing to people on the basis of their housing need, and we make every effort to give advice and assistance to people from our community with housing needs. We can help with advice on housing with other agencies and landlords.
We have one register for general and family applicants. We allocate our houses and flats from this list. And one for elderly and disabled applicants. We allocate our bungalows and flatlets from this list.
General and family accommodation:
We offer housing to people on the basis of housing need and anybody over 18 years old can apply.
Sheltered and non sheltered accommodation:
Anyone over 60 or with a qualified need for ground floor accommodation can apply.
What to do to get this service
To join the Housing Register you will need to complete an application form (PDF). Once we have received your form we will check to make sure that you are eligible to join.
Once you have joined the register we will assess you application in accordance with our 'Points' scheme. This scheme allows us to consider all applications in a fair way, without favouritism or discrimination. It also allows us to give reasonable preference to certain groups of people.
We award points for different factors.
How long will the whole process take?
We can't tell you how long it will be before we can offer you a home. Unfortunately there are many more people wanting accommodation than is available.
Links to forms, leaflets and websites providing more information
Housing Allocations Policy (PDF)
Common Questions
Q. Why have you allocated/not allocated this person a house?
A. All allocations are made in accordance with current Housing Allocations Policy (PDF) based on a points system.
Q. Why have you allocated a single person a 3 bedroomed house?
A. All allocations are made in accordance with current policy. No one is excluded from applying for any accommodation, unless it would result in overcrowding. Also historic building policies mean that matching property size to applicants is often difficult, if not impossible.
Q. How are medical points assessed?
A. We will ask you to complete a medical assessment form (PDF) giving as much detail as possible about your illness/disability, the medication you take and how your current accommodation affects your health/day to day living. The points are:
- An urgent medical need for re-housing 40 points.
- Medium support for non-urgent medical circumstances 15 points.
- No support awarded, as medical circumstances will exist wherever that person lives or where there are no medical grounds for support.
We will then re-assess your application and write to you with the outcome.
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Contact Details
If you have any queries about the information provided above, or require further information, please contact Customer Services on 01775 761161 or email info@sholland.gov.uk.
