Over 30 councils, with their partner housing associations, will be able to offer greater choice to new and existing tenants after successfully bidding for funding to develop their Choice Based Lettings (CBL) schemes.
The schemes offer tenants greater mobility, choice and flexibility when looking at their housing options, enabling them to move across different local authority areas.
The £1 million allocation, which comes from the Regional Choice Fund, means that over 80% of local authorities will have choice based lettings schemes in place once these new schemes go live. Nearly £20 million has been allocated for CBL schemes over the last 7 years.
The new successful sub-regional schemes are:
This new funding will also develop the services of the Greater Manchester pilot scheme, Pinpoint, which launched in July. Pinpoint offers housing choices across Greater Manchester and the increased funding will enable them to offer additional features, including a sub-regional accessible housing register. The register will help disabled people across the Greater Manchester region get the housing they need, and enable social landlords to make the best use of their adapted and accessible housing.
