Prioritising applications
How do we prioritise your Housing Register application?
Once we have accepted you onto the Housing Register, we assess your housing needs based on a banding system.
The banding scheme is explained in the housing allocation scheme (PDF, 559 KB).
Housing needs vary, for example, you may:
- live somewhere that has a serious effect on the your health
- are an under-occupying household and want to downsize
- you need to move so your current council property can be repaired or modernised
Waiting times vary depending on a number of different factors:
- priority banding
- the number of bedrooms you need
- how selective you are over the type of property you want to live in
- how selective you are over where in the borough you want to live in
Priority bands
We use a priority bands scheme to classify an applicant's circumstances and their connection to Guildford.
The priority bands range from A - E. Band A is the highest priority.
The higher an applicant's priority banding, the better chance they have of moving quickly. When an application is awarded a high priority banding, it does not necessarily mean that an applicant will be rehoused immediately.
You must have a substantial or long lasting connection to someone in living in the area to qualify for priority bands A and B.