Prioritising Applications
Prioritising applications
The Council uses a group plus points scheme to prioritise applications and to allocate properties. We use a 'nomination' based allocation system where we match applicants to empty property in their areas of choice.
All applications for accommodation, from people aged 16 years old or over, will be assessed and placed in one of 7 groups. The table below sets out the groups and gives examples of those applicants who could be eligible to be placed in each group.
A summary of the North Ayrshire Allocation Policy is available here
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Group |
Criteria |
Examples |
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Group 1 |
Homeless |
People who we have decided are homeless based on homelessness law and North Ayrshire Council’s homelessness policy |
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Group 2 |
Strategic housing needs |
People who are not in group 1 but have a housing need because of the actions of one of the NAHR landlords or a public agency. For example, people living in houses that are going to be demolished by a NAHR landlord, young people who have been looked after by the local authority, people living in long-term hospital care or those who have been approved as foster carers. We may also place people in this group if they have urgent housing needs which are not mentioned in the policy. |
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Group 3 |
Accessibility Needs |
People who are not in groups 1 or 2 and who have accessibility needs (e.g. need a ground floor or adapted property) as determined by a North Ayrshire Housing Occupational Therapist. |
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Group 4 |
Transfer Applicants |
People who are not in groups 1, 2 or 3 and are tenants of the Council or Registered Social landlord tenant living within North Ayrshire |
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Group 5 |
Overcrowding (or large families) |
People who are not in groups 1, 2, 3 or 4 but who considered to be living in overcrowded circumstances as defined by the North Ayrshire Housing Allocation Policy. |
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Group 6 |
General needs |
We will place people who are not in groups 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in this group. The group includes those whose private-sector tenancy is being ended, whose home is being repossessed due to mortgage arrears. People with no recognised housing need will also be in this group. |
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To be placed in groups 3, 4 or 6, you must either live in North Ayrshire or meet the legal qualifying conditions if you live outwith North Ayrshire. Anyone living outwith North Ayrshire must: |
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Group 7 |
Relocation needs |
We place all other people in group 7. These are people who live outwith North Ayrshire and do not meet the legal qualifying conditions. |