• Download a HomeSelect Housing Registration form for Housing Accommodation (Joint Housing Register) in Waveney here (241Kb) (Opens new window)
• HomeSelect Guidance Booklet - A New Way of Finding a Home to Rent (228Kb) (Opens new window)
• HomeSelect - Property Information Booklet (265Kb) (Opens new window)
• Housing Association Information Leaflet (235Kb) (Opens new window)
• Housing Options Leaflet (237Kb) (Opens new window)
• Medical Self Assessment Form (176Kb) (Opens new window)
• Housing Financial Questionnaire (163Kb) (Opens new window)
• Housing Mobility Questions (222Kb) (Opens new window)
• Housing Register Review Request (231Kb) (Opens new window)
• Representations in Support of a Housing Register Review Request (168Kb) (Opens new window)

Waveney District Council, in partnership with local Housing Associations and Great Yarmouth Borough Council (who already run their own very successful scheme, known as Homeselect) is about to launch a scheme that will revolutionise the allocation of Affordable Social Housing to tenants in the district.

Visit the HomeSelect website at www.homeselect.org.uk .

All local authorities must have a Choice Based system of allocating housing in operation by 2010. This will enable all applicants to have a choice in where they live, receive an appropriate level of priority and be able to participate in a scheme which is open and readily understood.
Choice Based Letting schemes empower people, giving them a greater say over where they live. Instead of points or complex assessments, all applicants are divided into one of three priority bands, based on their needs. Rather than allocating properties from a list, or making nominations to housing associations, vacant properties in the scheme are advertised fortnightly in the local press, at local offices and on the website and telephone hotline.
 
Homeselect went before full Council in September 2007 where it received formal approval. Waveney District Council is concentrating on transfering existing tenants over to the new scheme before it is launched at the beginning of 2008.

Cllr. Bruce Provan, Portfolio Holder for Housing said: “This is an exciting new approach to finding a home. Evidence shows that giving people a choice and a stake in where they live will lead to more satisfied tenants. It will make the system easier to understand and will ensure that applicants in most need are given priority.”
 
If you would like to apply for Homeselect you can  download a registration form . You can also pick one up from Marina House, Battery Green Road, Lowestoft (ex benefit office next to the Marina Theatre), or call into one of the Waveney District Council main reception areas.

For further information please refer to our HomeSelect Frequently Asked Questions page or visit the HomeSelect website at www.homeselect.org.uk