The Council uses a banding scheme to prioritise applications.
All housing and transfer applications received for rented accommodation will be assessed and placed in one of 4 bands, A to D. The list below gives examples of those applicants who would be eligible to be placed in each band.
Band A
Urgent Need for accomodation
Urgent medical priority - medical category A.
Property in Swindon deemed by the Councils' Residential Service Team to be a serious hazard or statutorily overcrowded.
Transfer applicants releasing family accommodation and requesting a non -family unit.
Transfer applicants releasing 4 bedrooms or larger property and requesting a 1-bedroom unit.
Transfer applicants releasing an adapted property with major adaptations which they no longer require.
Transfer applicants releasing a 1 bedroom accommodation and requesting a move to a supported housing property.
Urgent approvals agreed by Senior Housing Department Officers.
Reciprocal requests agreed with other registered social housing landlord.
Agreed move-on arrangements from supported housing accommodation.
Swindon Borough Council staff who have to vacate tied accommodation. (subject to criterea in the Allocations Policy)
Band B
Applicants in need of accommodation
All applicants occupying accommodation in the Swindon borough where facilities are shared with others who are not included in their housing application.
Tenants of Swindon Borough Council, Registered Social Landlords and Private Landlords residing in Swindon, who occupy a property where they are lacking one or more bedrooms and / or are sharing facilities with others not included in the housing application.
Applicants accepted as homeless by Swindon Borough Council.
Special Approvals on discretionary successions.
Gypsy & traveller applicants who reside on residential sites within the borough of Swindon.
Tenants of Swindon Borough Council and Registered Social Landlords who are secure tenants or assured tenants where they are releasing a 3 bedroom or larger property which they are under-occupying but are still requesting a 2 bedroom property.
Band C
Applicants in low need of accomodation
This group is for all other applicants who do not fall within Bands A, B or D.
Applicants could be moved to Band B if there is a recognised medical / and or welfare issue relating to their current property and where there are no other alternatives available to them.
Band D
Applicants not eligible to bid at this time
Applicants who are lone parents and under 18 years of age
Applicants requiring support in order to maintain a tenancy
Applicants who are owner-occupiers under 60 years of age
Applicants in residential care or other institutions
Applicants in Swindon Foyer
Applicants currently in prison or serious offenders
Applicants in Swindon Borough Council tied accommodation and still in employment
Applicants currently in a service / other tied tenancy
Applicants in Her Majesty's Forces and not currently being discharged
This is only a brief on the bands. Full explanation of each band is available in Swindon Borough Council allocation policy