Housing Reviews

Right to Review

Under Section 167 of the Housing Act 1996, the council is required to have and publish an allocation scheme that explains:

• How we let homes to people
• How we will offer choice to applicants
• How information will be provided and
• Applicant's right to a review

The council is also required to ensure that the scheme gives reasonable preference to applicants who are:

• assessed and accepted as homeless under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996
• families with dependant children, or expecting a child
• occupying insanitary or overcrowded conditions
• needing to move on medical or welfare grounds with a need for settled accommodation
• needing to move to a particular locality in the district of the housing authority, where failure to meet that need would cause hardship to themselves or others

An applicant has a right to a review of decisions made by the council in relation to their application.  

If an applicant is written to and advised that they have been deferred or excluded from the Housing Register, they have a statutory right to request a review in writing within 21 days of receiving the decision.  The decision will be reviewed according to the regulations covering the statutory reviews of decisions under Section 167 of the 1996 Housing Act as amended by the Homelessness Act 2002.   

Reviews for Housing Register, Transfer and Homeless applications will be considered by the Housing Reviews Manager, who is independent of the Rehousing Service staff administering the application

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