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Council/social housing

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pixie12 · 15/08/2024 00:53

So I've just come to ask for advice to anyone who's living in a council/social house or on the waiting list. I have been registered for 1 year 3 months and I bid weekly however always come shortlisting and ranked "over 20" on band 3, has anyone had any luck with social housing? I know there's a big housing crisis right now and it seems impossible to get any housing, would I be in a better position looking for private?

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SnowdaySewday · 15/08/2024 22:02

Enterthewolves · 15/08/2024 10:23

I would imagine there are four bands, and you are second from bottom. The bidding website may show you which bands people were in and how long people were bidding for to get properties so you can see - ours does locally. You are unlikely to get anything quickly and in my city would be unlikely to get anything at all unless you were bidding on unpopular areas/high rise flats or there was an influx of properties. In my area two beds are very tricky to get and you may be better going for a one bed with a separate living room.

Look on the bidding website for the information on successful bids (may be a link called “Feedback” or similar).

You may find very different patterns in different areas, e.g. on my local page you’d find fewer than 10 bids vs over 400. If you have some flexibility over where in your area you can live, concentrate your bids on the areas that typically get fewer bids.

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