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Homechoice@Colchester - Choice Based Lettings Scheme
Homechoice is for people who want to apply to Colchester Borough Council for help with housing. Choice based lettings is a new way of allocating properties where the customer is able to say which properties they would like to be considered for. Homechoice runs the choice based letting scheme. It is a partnership between, Colchester Borough Council, Colchester Borough Homes and local housing associations. You will need to complete an Application for Housing form to register for the Homechoice scheme. You can get a form by -
Requesting a form online (click here)
Writing to this address:
Homechoice@Colchester
Colchester Borough Council,
PO Box 887,
Town Hall,
High Street,
Colchester C01 1ZG.
Collecting a form from either
Customer Service Centre
Angel Court
High Street
Colchester
or
Greenstead Local Housing Office
Hawthorn Avenue
Greenstead
Phoning on 01206 282547 or 01206 282569.
Homechoice@Colchester has a website on which you can find out more information (click here)
Health Problems
If you feel you need to be housed quickly because of a health problem please fill in a Medical Consent form. You can get this form from the same places as the Application Form or you can download it here:
Click here to download a Medical Consent form (Word format - 35KB).
Regional Choice Based Lettings
Colchester Borough Council currently uses a Choice Based Lettings Scheme as the best approach for the future allocation of social housing. Choice based lettings allows social landlords to advertise their available homes and customers are then asked to express an interest in the property they would like to live in. Colchester Borough Council has now agreed in principal to use a Sub – Regional Choice Based Lettings Scheme as the best approach for the future allocation of social housing. This allows applicants to bid on properties that are in other local authority areas.
The proposed scheme involves Colchester joining with seven other local authorities in the North Essex and Suffolk sub-region (Greater Haven Gateway). Your views are being sought on this new system. You can find out more information about the proposed scheme here.
The draft allocations policy can be found here.
