Shortlisting and allocation process
Shortlisting
The Council’s Housing Register team will check register information for households who have placed a bid for a property to check and verify if they meet the criteria outlined in this lettings plan and assign priority in line with 3.0.
In the event of two or more applicants sharing top priority in line with the criteria in this lettings plan, housing register application date will be used to determine priority.
If there are more homes available than households on the shortlist who meet the prioritisation criteria or no households meet the criteria, homes will be allocated on banding and application date order.
Allocation Process
Homes will be allocated as follows:
- The Council will shortlisting is complete and provide nominations to available homes
- West Kent will invite the applicant at the top of the prioritised shortlist for interview and to view the home
- Applicants will need to provide any information requested, and confirm they meet West Kent’s criteria as outlined in the ‘How we allocate homes’ section of their website https://www.westkent.org/find-a-home/rent-a-home/how-we-allocate-homes.
West Kent will allocate the homes in line with this local lettings plan and TMBC’s Housing Allocation Scheme.
Applicants will be offered an assured non-shorthold tenancy with new tenants offered a 12 month start tenancy in line with West Kent’s Tenancy Policy.