Apply for a home
To apply to be registered on the South Lakes Housing waiting
list you must fill in an application form. From the
information you have given us, we will decide whether or not you
qualify to be put on the list.
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We will then inform you in writing whether or not your
application has been registered. If we amend your application
in any way, or if we take your name off the list for any reason we
will also write to you.
If you feel there are exceptional circumstances in your case
please write and tell us.
We will tell you how many points you have when you have been
registered and when we amend your application due to a change in
your circumstances. We can also give you an idea of how long
you may have to wait to be rehoused in your preferred areas of
choice.
When we are in a position to offer you a tenancy we will write
to you, giving details of the accommodation type, size and
rent.
If you are not happy with the way your application has been
handled, please contact the Head of Housing Services at South Lakes
Housing in the first instance. If you are still not
satisfied, the Council operates a formal complaints
procedure.
Who can go on the list?
Anyone over the age of 16 can join the Housing Register
(waiting list), except certain people coming into this country from
abroad. By law, we are not allowed to register such people on
the waiting list. If you need further details on this
subject, please contact your nearest housing office. However,
although anyone may apply for housing, some groups of people will
not normally be offered a tenancy.
They are:
- Applicants who have shown unacceptable behaviour serious enough
to make them unsuitable to be a tenant of the Council
- Applicants who owe a Council or registered social landlord a
debt from a former tenancy
- Applicants under 18 years old, unless the tenancy can be
guaranteed and the applicant agrees to floating support being
provided·
There are other groups of applicants who will only be offered
a tenancy if there are no other suitable applicants.
These groups are:
- Applicants whose current accommodation is adequate for their
needs
- Applicants who can afford to buy a suitable property.
This category would not include people who need specialist housing
(eg sheltered accommodation) and there is nothing suitable for sale
in the area of their choice
- Applicants who have neither lived in the district for the last
two years nor been on the waiting list for 12
months·
Applicants who live outside South Lakeland unless:
- they previously lived in South Lakeland and are currently
living in armed forces accommodation, prison, hospital,
rehabilitation centre or similar
- they need to live in South Lakeland to give or receive support
to or from a close relative and a minimum of ten medical points
have been awarded
- they are working or have a confirmed offer of a permanent
full-time job in South Lakeland
- they have previously lived in South Lakeland for most of their
lives and left the district less than five years
ago
How are homes allocated?
The Council allocates tenancies according to a points
system. Applicants are awarded points depending on their
current housing situation. These points are designed to
reflect the persons housing need. When a flat or house
becomes available, the application with the highest points total
for that type of property will be offered the tenancy. If two
applications share the same points total, the one with the earliest
date of application usually takes priority.
How long will I have to wait?
Unfortunately, this is the most difficult question to
answer. It depends on a number of things which we can often
neither predict nor control:
- the area(s) in which you wish to be rehoused
- the type of property you need
- the rate of vacancies in suitable properties
- the number of people needing similar properties
- the circumstances of these other people
Some Council property is not in high
demand and you would not have to wait long to be offered this type
of accommodation. This particularly applies to some sheltered
housing for the elderly. Other accommodation is very popular
and applicants have to wait for a long period before being offered
this. If you would like more detailed advice on which areas
or types of accommodation are more popular, please ask at your
local housing office.
If you are making an application you
will want to see a summary of the
Council's Allocation
Policy which is available from any local housing
office. The information above is an extract from the
summary.
Below is the average waiting
time over the last 5 years prior to re-housing in a Council
property throughout South Lakeland:
Waiting List Times
| Area |
Number
re-housed
|
Average
waiting
time
|
| Allithwaite |
2 |
5.6 years |
| Ambleside |
65 |
2.3 years |
| Arnside |
10 |
3.8 years |
| Backbarrow |
2 |
0.4 years |
| Bowness |
46 |
1.9 years |
|
Beetham
|
1 |
3.5 years |
| Broughton Beck |
3 |
1.3 years |
| Bouth |
1 |
12.5 years |
| Broughton-in-Furness |
4 |
4.9 years |
| Burneside |
60 |
1.3 years |
| Burton |
2 |
3.0 years |
| Cartmel |
7 |
2.6 years |
| Casterton |
2 |
1.6 years |
| Chapel Stile |
4 |
0.9 years |
| Coniston |
11 |
1. 8 years |
| Crosthwaite |
1 |
3.2 years |
|
Crook
|
1 |
5.1 years |
|
Crooklands
|
1 |
8.2 years |
| Elterwater |
5
|
1.7 years |
|
Endmoor
|
3 |
2.1 years |
| Finsthwaite |
3 |
1.3 years |
| Flookburgh |
5 |
1.9 years |
| Grange-over-Sands |
74
|
1.9 years |
| Grasmere |
7 |
4.4 years |
| Great Urswick |
21 |
1.3 years |
| Haverthwaite |
9
|
3.0 years |
| Hawkshead |
13 |
3.9 years |
| Holme |
6 |
2.1 years |
| Ings |
1 |
1.1 years |
| Kendal |
437 |
2.4 years |
| Kirkby-in-Furness |
11 |
4.6 years |
| Kirkby Lonsdale |
26 |
2.3 years |
| Levens |
4 |
2.5 years |
| Meathop |
1 |
19.4 years |
| Milnthorpe |
81 |
1.6 years |
| Natland |
1 |
4.6 years |
| Oxenholme |
1 |
4.2 years |
|
Old Hutton
|
1 |
0.9 years |
| Sedbergh |
66 |
1.8 years |
| Spark Bridge |
3
|
1.6 years |
| Staveley |
20 |
2.5 years |
| Swarthmoor |
22 |
2.1 years |
| Ulverston |
292
|
1.5 years |
| Windermere |
168 |
2.2 years |
| Average |
1505 |
2.1 years |
Contact
South Lakes Housing at:
Little Aynam House, Little Aynam,
Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7AH (01539 717717)
Town Hall, Queen Street, Ulverston,
Cumbria, LA12 7AR (01229 584424)