The Banding Scheme
Once your application is accepted, you will be awarded a “band” (1 to 3), and a priority date. You will then be able to bid for homes that are advertised by the Council and its partner housing associations. For each advertised property, applicants bids are collected and placed in order of priority (band and waiting time), and in most cases the highest ranking applicant will be offered the property.
Band 1 High Priority
Band 2 Increased priority
Band 3 Moderate priority
If we decide that you have no housing need then you will be told this and your application will not be placed on the housing register.
Band 1 – Urgent priority for rehousing
People with severe medical or disability problems which make it difficult for them to manage in their homes
People with a reasonable preference for housing that have been awarded additional priority. This includes:
Former members of the Armed Forces or Reserve Forces Serving members of the Armed Forces who need to move due to a serious injury, medical condition or disability sustained as a result of service
The bereaved spouse or civil partner of a member of the Armed Forces leaving Services Family Accommodation following the death of their spouse or partner
Serving or former members of the Reserve Forces who need to move because of a serious injury, medical condition or disability sustained as a result of their service
People who need to move urgently because of a life threatening illness or sudden disability
People currently living in severely crowded accommodation (needing three or more bedrooms) that poses a serious health hazard
People that are homeless and must move urgently to escape severe harassment or violence (excluding those applicants provided with suitable temporary accommodation away from the accommodation where there is a risk of further violence or harassment occurring in accordance with a homelessness duty owed under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996).
People living in unsanitary or unsatisfactory accommodation which poses an on-going and serious threat to their health
Social housing tenants that need to move to enable major works to be carried out
People that need to move in order to enable development, modernisation, conversion or repair works to go ahead. People under occupying social housing who want to move, including under occupiers of working age who are experiencing difficulty in paying their rent
People living in adapted social housing that they no longer require and want to move
People applying for discretionary succession on the death of a successor tenant
People in exceptional circumstances approved by the director of housing needs and strategy or a nominated deputy
People approved by the director of housing needs or a nominated deputy for a Council management transfer
Band 2– Increased priority for rehousing
People with a reasonable preference who are working or training
People who are registered as foster carers and adoptive parents with Croydon Council
People who have successfully prevented their own homelessness as a result of working with the council’s Gateway Service
Band 3– A moderate need to move
People living in moderately overcrowded accommodation (needing two bedrooms)
People living in unsanitary or unsatisfactory accommodation which does not pose an immediate or serious threat to their health
People with moderate medical or disability problems which affect their ability to manage in their homes
People that need to move on welfare grounds including vulnerable applicants leaving local authority care
People that need to move on hardship grounds
People accepted as homeless with the full housing duty but that are suitably housed in temporary accommodation