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Originally Posted by Neil
What happens if you are at the top of the list and keep turning properties down? Do you loose your top status? if you are priority status then you would lose it and revert back to membership date only.. also priority is only given for 12 weeks and then it is reviewed.
Thinking about what you just wrote though if people select the house they like form the paper and get it if they are high enough up the list can they just sit waiting forever for the right house for them. Once you have accepted and moved into the home your membership is housed with you so if you wanted to move again you would have to rejoin and start again. But the point of choice based is if you don't express interest in anything then yes you could be on the list for years waiting for just the right house. You do get sent a re registration letter which you have to respond to on an annual basis, if you don't then it gets cancelled
Do you move up the list depending on how long you have been waiting for a house even if your circumstances don't change? For example if a family of 2 wanted to move to a bigger house so they could have another child will they eventually get to the top of the list or do they have to be irresponsible and have the next child first even though their house id not big enough so they can then move up the list? Can't say for certain if this will still be the policy when it is sub regional, but currently we allow people to go for homes with one more bedroom than they need to allow for changes in circumstances and growing families. Priority is not given for overcrowding except for extreme circumstances as in most cases they have continued to expand their family which is their responsibility (or should I say irresponsibility) not ours as a landlord.
I ask because the system confuses me. When we applied for a house with North British about 10 years ago we were very low on points. We were however offered and moved into a house within about 3 months. Well can't answer that one, except the demand on housing now compared to 10 years ago is opposite ends of the spectrum. 10 years ago there were keys for empty houses in drawers and now we can have over 200 people putting their name down for the same house!!!
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Hope that makes things clearer Neil
