22 March 2010
IMPORTANT: Choice Based Lettings - we need your views
Councils and Housing Associations are set to change the way they let rented properties across Cumbria at the end of 2010. The 6 local authorities in the county and 8 Housing Organisations are working together to develop a new way of letting their properties in order to give more choice to local people who need social rented housing.
They will maintain one register of interested customers, who will only have to complete one application form instead of one for each landlord they previously wanted to apply to. Landlords will advertise their properties through the scheme and customers will then choose the vacancies for which they wish to be considered.
To make sure this works well we are currently consulting our residents and prospective residents on the new Choice Based Lettings initiative.
For more information click the links below to see two relevant publications about Cumbria Choice.
Click here to download a summary guide to the scheme in PDF format.
Click here to download some frequently asked questions in PDF format.
Paper copies of the complete draft allocations policy can be supplied on request by our local offices in Carlisle, Kendal and Whitehaven
You can also give your views by completing a questionnaire online. To view the online questionnaire please click here or visit www.homegroup.org/cumbriachoice.
Please note that before completing the questionnaire you will need to refer to either the draft allocations policy or the summary scheme guide.
Paper copies of the questionnaire are also available on request from the same local offices.’
