Social Housing is in great demand and very short supply. Regrettably, even people in the greatest need often face a delay of several years before they get housed.
- We let 2008 properties in the last 12 months, equal to 8% of over 25,500 applicants on the housing register. Half of these properties had more than one bedroom.
- Please view our average waiting time and recent let information.
- To help secure accommodation as quickly as possible, it is important that you consider alternative housing options, including renting privately. For more information on this, please visit Alternative Housing Options.
- Current social housing tenants are advised to pursue a mutual exchange. Please visit Homeswapper to register.
We are receiving over 600 housing applications a week and apologise for the delay in assessments being completed. Please do not contact us whilst awaiting a decision; this will allow us to assess your application more quickly.
Applications are taking around 8 weeks to assess following a complete applicatoon with all information required being received.
Allocation Policy Amendment -There have been some amendments to Birmingham City Council's Allocation Policy. The amended policy can be found here - Allocation Policy
Key changes are:
- Care leavers – persons aged 18-25 who are owed a duty under Children Act 1989, section 23C, will now be deemed to have a local connection to the Local Authority area.
- Applicants owed Homeless Relief or Prevention who accept an offer of private rented accommodation are now entitled to an award of Band B.
- Lettings quotas will be introduced from April 2025.
- Autobid (automatic bidding) will now be introduced for homeless applicants who are not bidding.