Housing Needs Register information
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Placing bids
Click on ‘place a bid’ to see homes being advertised which you can bid on and view the details. Click ‘bid’ if you wish to be considered for it.
Once bidding on a property closes, a shortlist is drawn up by the computer and the person with the highest priority, who has been in their band the longest, will be contacted and offered the property. If you are offered a property you can view it before deciding whether to accept it.
Please note that if you are homeless you are likely to be expected to accept your first offer of accommodation and we may have placed your bids for you.
We will not contact you if your bid was not the highest eligible bid placed. Please look at the feedback to see where you were ranked in the shortlist.
Properties are advertised daily, as soon as they are available. You can sign up for email alerts so you don’t miss one. These will notify you when a property you could bid on becomes available. To sign up select ‘Your Property Alerts’.
If you are unable to use a computer, tablet or telephone to access your application online you could ask a friend or relative to help you. If this is not possible please contact a member of the Housing Allocations Team on 01707 357090 and we can discuss what types of property you are interested in, the areas and any other requirements and we can set up automated bidding. The system will then automatically bid for you each time a suitable property is advertised.