By law, the council is required to give a reasonable preference on its housing register to the following groups:

• people who are homeless;
• people who are overcrowded or live in poor conditions;
• people who need to move on medical, or disability welfare grounds;
• people who need to move to a particular locality where failure to meet that need will result in hardship.

Applications will also be assessed to take into account other factors such as your financial means, your local connection with this area and your past or current behaviour as a tenant, including your history of rent payments.

If you are in a low priority band the likelihood is that the Council will not be in a position to offer you a social housing tenancy.

For more information, please go to the applying for housing pages.