Allocation Policy

6. Admission to the Housing Lists

All applicants for housing, except transfer applicants, require to complete an Edindex Application form, available from all Housing Associations in Edinburgh and the City of Edinburgh Council. Our existing tenants who seek a transfer require to complete our own Transfer Application Form, available from our office.

Applicants with arrears of rent or mortgage will only be allocated a tenancy if a suitable arrears repayment agreement has been made with their landlord, former landlord or mortgage lender, and has been kept for at least 3 months or the arrears are less than one month duration.

All persons aged 16 years and over are eligible to apply and be assessed for housing. Due to the demand for housing being far greater than the supply available, we are unable to house the majority of applicants. In view of this, a cut-off point, is used to separate applications into an active and a non-active list. This helps keep lists at a manageable level and avoids raising false hopes. The points threshold will be regularly reviewed and adjusted over time as necessary to ensure that only those with a realistic prospect of rehousing are placed on the active list.

Current staff, former staff, Committee Members and their relatives may apply for housing. However, a tenancy will only be granted if the allocation complies with the requirements of this Allocation Policy, the requirements of Communities Scotland and has been agreed by the Management Committee. Staff and Committee Members must declare an interest if a close relative applies for housing. Any such allocations will be noted in a register in compliance with Schedule 7 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.

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