Housing tenants to have more choice

Statement from St Albans District Council

Applicants registered on St Albans’ housing waiting list will soon have
more choice in deciding where to live.

From 1st May 2009 St Albans District Council will be introducing Choice
Based Lettings (CBL), a new way of allocating council and housing
association properties in the district.

CBL represents a massive shift in the traditional points-based system
where applicants waited until they were top of the list and were then
allocated the next suitable available property. This may have been a
property that they did not want, in a location they did not like. Now
applicants will be able to see what properties are available in a
fortnightly magazine and on the internet and they can choose to express
an interest in homes they are eligible for. These will then be allocated
according to applicants’ housing need and the length of time spent on
the waiting list.

Cllr Joyce Lusby, portfolio said “The council officers have worked
extremely hard to put the new system in place, they and I are excited
about Choice Based Lettings because it gives the applicants choice about
their new homes and should result in greater contentment. Well done to
the St Albans’ Housing department.”

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