Uttlesford District Council
Eligibility for the Housing Register
Most residents will be eligible to join the list if they have a local connection
A local connection is established when you have:
- Three years continuously living in the District
- Family who have lived in the District for 5 years and who you giving, or they providing substantial support
- Working in the District for at least 24 hours a week for the last 3 years
- In some cases a Senior Officer may agree exceptional circumstances for home seekers to access social housing locally
Some people are not eligible to join the waiting list including:
- Persons from abroad with no recourse to public funds; this is set out in law
- Persons not deemed to have a strong local connection; the criteria is quite specific
- Homeseekers deemed to have sufficient funds to meet their housing need - not including sheltered housing applicants
- Applicants with housing related debt
- Applicants guilty of unacceptable behaviour which makes them unsuitable as a tenant