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Highland Housing Register
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02/06/2009 10:19
The six main providers of rented accommodation in the Highlands have joined forces to make it easier for applicants on housing waiting lists to access housing. The five housing associations operating in the Highlands - Albyn, Cairn, Lochaber, Lochalsh & Skye, and Pentland, together with The Highland Council - have produced a single housing register. 15,000 applicants on the waiting lists of these housing providers have already been sent a new housing application form to complete.
The new application form means people who want to be housed by the Council or any of the housing associations with housing in the Highlands will only have to fill in a single form. Previously, applicants had to complete separate housing application forms for each landlord. Anyone who is on a housing list with one of the landlords just now will have been asked to fill in the new form. This includes anyone wanting to transfer to a different property with the same landlord.
Helen Barton, Housing and Communities Director, said: "The Highland Housing Register is a really exciting initiative that makes it easier for people to apply for housing. But it is very important that people remember to complete the forms when they receive them - even if they have already provided information in a different application. We will only be able to include people on the Highland Housing Register if they complete a form. From 1 April all the main partners started using one common allocations policy - and so applicants now have the same number of points for the application with each landlord. The housing organisations in the Highlands are among very few to have taken this unique common approach. We think it reflects the strong culture of working together to find better ways of providing services for people in the Highlands and we are very proud to have played our part in this."
If any applicants have any queries regarding the new form or the new policy rules, please contact our allocations team in Invergordon for further information.
More information is also available on The Highland Council website:
http://www.highland.gov.uk/livinghere/housing/findinghousing/commonhousingregister
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Highland Housing Register Application Form (0.39 MB)
Highland Housing Register Guidance Notes Dec 2007 (0.05 MB)
Highland Housing Register Information Booklet (0.06 MB)
Highland Housing Register Policy Feb 2008 (0.09 MB)
Housing Contact List (0.02 MB)
98-100 High Street,
Invergordon, Ross-shire IV18 0DL
tel 01349 852978 | fax 01349 853859 | email office@albynhousing.org.uk
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