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Waiting Time Points

5 points for every 6 months on the Housing Register, up to a maximum of 100 points.

10 points for every 6 months, for homeless applicants living in temporary accommodation we have provided, up to a maximum of 100 points.

Housing Need Points

Category 1 : Families with children under 16 / people over 60.

	Points for a missing facility	Points if facility is shared
Bathroom	20	10
Internal W.C	20	10
Kitchen	20	10
Living Room	20	10
1 Bedroom	20	10
2 Bedrooms	40	20
3 Bedrooms	55	25
4 Bedrooms	70	35
1 Bedspace	20	0
2 Bedspaces	35	0
3 or more Bedspaces	50	0
Category 2 : Single people aged 16 - 59; married couples and co-habiting couples with no children under 16 and no baby expected.
	Points for a missing facility	Points if facility is shared
Bathroom	10	5
Internal W.C.	10	5
Kitchen	10	5
Living Room	10	5
1 Bedroom	10	5
2 Bedrooms	20	10
3 Bedrooms	28	13
4 Bedrooms	35	18
1 Bedspace	10	0
2 Bedspaces	18	0
3 or more Bedspaces	25	0

OTHER POINTS
	Category 1	Category 2
Family living in ground floor flat (with Housing needs points)	5	3
Family living in an upper flat	10	5
Family living apart (Where living together would cause statutory overcrowding )	20	10
Family living apart (Where living together would cause social overcrowding )	10	5
Homeless accommodation (total needs points )	90	45
Homeless people who are not in priority need	0	10
Applicant or spouse over 60 and living in privately rented accommodation which is too large for them	10	0
Applicant or Spouse. having Housing Needs Points, aged 70 or over	30	0
Statutory overcrowding as defined in the Housing Act 1985	20	10
Demolition / Closing / Compulsory / Purchase Orders	60	30
Income Related Points
An applicant earning less that £20,000 with no children under 18 years permanently living with applicant.	5	5
An applicant earning less than £25,000 and having a child or Children under 18 years permanently living with them.	10	10
An applicant who is pregnant with first child and earning less that £25,000	5	5