How we allocate council houses

• Unintentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
• Moving from ERC young person's supported housing
• Special cases not covered by the allocation policy

• Intentionally homeless or threatened with homelessness
• Living in East Renfrewshire or with a local connection and:
  • living in unsatisfactory housing or cannot meet housing needs
  • a social housing tenant with 2 or more bedrooms than you need
  • existing home unsuitable and delaying discharge from hospital
  • overcrowded - 2 or more bedrooms less than you need
  • has a medical need for more suitable housing
  • living in one of our adapted homes and no longer need adaptations
  • leaving the Armed Forces

• Need to move to give or get support
• Live in East Renfrewshire or with local connection and:
  • sharing facilities and don't have own bed space
  • overcrowded - 1 bedroom less than you need
  • a social housing tenant with one more bedroom than you need
  • experiencing harassment in current home but safe to stay for a time
• 2 ERC tenants combining to make 1 household

D

• Live in East Renfrewshire or with local connection and:
  • sharing facilities and have own bed space
  • has a current home unsuitable for children who sometimes stay overnight but live somewhere else
  • lives in a private rented house
• Don't live in East Renfrewshire but want to move here because you:
  • work here
  • have been offered a job here
  • are looking for work here and have proof
  • want to be near a relative or carer
  • have a social or medical need to live in the area

E

• No circumstances in A to D apply. Order of priority:
  • Lives in East Renfrewshire or with a local connection to area and no housing need
  • No local connection and has a medical need for more suitable housing
  • No local connection and no medical need for more suitable housing