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Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Information
Social Housing used to be called
Council Housing. Most councils do not
own houses now, they work with housing
associations who have properties that
people can rent.
The council needs a way to match
people to the homes available. They
need to follow the laws and rules about
how to do this.
Property Pool Plus is a system that
matches people with Social Housing.
This survey is about the ideas the council
has about making changes to how
people get social housing.
Anyone who is interested can take part
and give their ideas.
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Property Pool Plus is used by councils in
the Liverpool City Region area.
They are all asking the people who live in
their areas questions about the changes
they would like to make.
We will be asking people their ideas
between:
18 November 2020 to
10 February 2021.
If you reply from an organisation, we will
ask for some extra information about
where you work.
You do not need to give us this extra
information if you do not work for an
organisation.
Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Ideas
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We use Property Pool Plus to match
homes with the people who need them.
We want to make changes to how
Property Pool Plus matches people to
homes. This is called allocating.
We want to know what you think about
our ideas.
Why are we consulting?
Anyone can apply for social housing and
if they meet the criteria they go on a list.
Criteria means the rules that say who is
allowed to get a home through social
housing.
Social housing is owned by Housing
Associations like Riverside, One Vision
or Torus.
Homes are offered to people on the
waiting list when they are empty.
There are laws and rules about what
homes are offered to what people.
The council has a way to decide who gets
a certain property. They do this by looking
at the people’s situation and the type of
property available.
We would like your ideas about the
changes we would like to make.
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The way people are chosen for properties
looks at 4 different things.
1. If they are in the right personal
situation to have social housing.
The rules say who can and cannot
use it called the criteria.
2. How much choice is given to the
person depending on their situation.
3. What groups of people should be
given priority. Priority means they go
before other people on the list.
4. What situation the person is in and if
they have reasons to be priority.
This survey will ask some questions about
how people are chosen for housing that is
available.
We have some ideas about some
changes we can make. We want to know
what you think.
There is lots of information. You can ask
someone to help you.
There are also more detailed rules on the
council’s website.
Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Information
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Which is your local authority area?
The contact details of all councils in the Liverpool City Region
area are at the end of this questionnaire.
This includes:
Email address
Post address
Phone number
You can use these to send us your ideas.
Halton
Knowsley
Liverpool
Sefton
Wirral
Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Ideas
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Your Name
Organisation name
Email address
Telephone
Address
I am a person
Don’t fill in the details below
I am from an organisation
Pl
ease fill in details below:
1. Who cannot go on the list for
social housing
The council wants to say no to people
who:
• Are guilty of unacceptable behaviour
when they rented a property
• People who owe money to landlords
• People who have been told to leave
a pr
operty for breaking the rules of
them renting
• People who have no connections to
their local authority for the last 2 years
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The council wants to say no to people
who (continued):
• Anyone who already owns a house
• People who have money or can sell
something worth more than £16,000
There are times when some of these
re
asons would not be used. This could be
if a person is a victim of domestic violence
or they work or used to work for the armed
services or their families.
You can see more details about these if
you need to on the council’s website.
Do you agree with who cannot apply for
social housing?
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Is there anything else you would like
to tell us about who cannot go on the list
for social housing?
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Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Ideas
2. Choice
People will be given the chance to have
some choice about the social housing
that could be offered to them.
People will be able to ‘bid’ for up to 3
properties each time bidding opens.
People will be limited to how many times
they can say no when suitable properties
are offered to them.
People who are homeless cannot refuse
an offer of a property.
If the person is in the highest priority
group they can say no to an offer 1 time.
If the person is in the lowest priority they
can say no to an offer up to 3 times.
Do you agree to these ideas about
offering choice?
Highest Priority Group
Lowest Priority Group
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Is there anything else you would like
to tell us about people’s choice for
social housing?
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Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Ideas
3. Extra Priority Reasons
The council has ideas to give people in
the following situations extra priority.
This means they go above other people
on the waiting list. The extra priority would
be for people:
• who are already homeless
• who have been made homeless
through no fault of their own and have
not refused help offered
• who live in overcrowded homes
• who need to move because they are
seriously unwell or disabled, including
those coming out of hospital and
need a suitable place to live
• who are leaving the care of the
council’s Children’s services
• who have been agreed as foster
carers or adoptive parents and who
need a bigger home
• whose home is being bought without
their choice
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Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Ideas
3. Extra Priority Reasons (continued):
Who are victims of:
• domestic abuse
• racial harassment
• violent hate crimes
• seeing a crime and being scared
and threatened
• serious anti-social behaviour near
them
Do you agree to add these reasons to why
we give extra priority to people?
priority
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Is there anything else you would like
to tell us about which people are given
extra priority?
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Band A
Band B
Band C
Band D
Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Ideas
4. Priority bands
The council puts a person’s application
for social housing in a group called a
band. This band decides where people
go on the waiting list.
There are four bands. Band A will have
the most priority and Band D have the
least priority.
Band A - are people who have been
given extra priority as they have an
urgent need to move.
Band B - people who the law says have
a good reason to have a priority.
This includes people:
• who are homeless
• who live in bad housing conditions
like with too many people or is
extremely dirty
• Who have medical or wellbeing
needs including disabilities, where a
change in home would be needed
Band C - people who have no urgent
need to move but want to.
Band D - people who have been moved
to this band because they chose to not
bid for or refused offers of suitable
accommodation.
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Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Ideas
4. Priority bands (continued):
When two or more people bid for the
same property and they are in the same
band - only one can be chosen.
The council will look at:
• When they were given the band
they have
• If they are making a community
contribution such as being in
employment, training, education or
volunteering or serving in the armed or
reserve forces
• If they work or have close family in the
local authority area
Do you agree with using bands to put
people in priority order for social housing?
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Is there anything else you would like
to tell us about property bands?
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Changes to the rules of Property Pool Plus - Ideas
Thank you for giving us your ideas.
They are really useful to us.
We will be asking lots of people and
groups for their ideas.
The council has laws it must follow
about sharing information when people
ask to see it. This law is called freedom
of information.
Information we are given in this
consultation may be shared under
these rules.
If you do not want us to share your
ideas, please let us know and the
reasons why.
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Any personal information will not be
shared this is a law we follow too.
If you are not happy with how this
survey works you can contact us by
telephone or by email.
The next pages have details about
how to contact us.
This is different depending where you
live In the Liverpool City Region.
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Do you have any other comments about
the ideas the council has about making
changes for how people get social
housing?
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Contacts Page: Halton Council and Knowsley Council
Halton Council
claire.bowen@halton.gov.uk
Claire Bowen
Runcorn Town Hall
Runcorn
Cheshire WA7 5TD
Phone 0151 511 7895
Knowsley Council
housing@knowsley.gov.uk
Strategic Housing
Knowsley Council
Yorkon Buildings
Archway Road
Huyton. L36 9FB
Phone 0151 489 6000
Phone 0151 489 6000
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Contacts Page: Liverpool City Council and Sefton Council
Liverpool City Council
Property.pool@liverpool.gov.uk
Property Pool Plus Team
Liverpool City Council
Cunard Buildings
Water Street
Liverpool L3 1AH
Phone 0151 233 4285
Sefton Council
ppp@sefton.gov.uk
Housing and Investment services
Magdalen House
30 Trinity Road
Bootle. L20 3NJ
Phone 0345 140 0845
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Wirral Council
propertypoolplus@wirral.gov.uk
Property Pool Plus Team
Wirral Council
PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey CH27 9FQ
Phone 0151 691 8518
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