Hampshire

Who Can Use the Service

Anyone who has been accepted onto the Hampshire Home Choice Housing Register can start to bid for properties.  In order to do this you will need to complete an online application. Alternatively if you cannot apply on line you can contact your local housing service who will help complete an application on your behalf.  The application enables you to bid for a Housing Association or Winchester City Council rented home. For details on how to contact us and our opening hours click How to Contact Us.  
 
Along with your application you may be asked to provide the following documents:

• Proof of identity for all household members (e.g. passports, birth certificates)
• Proof of current address (e.g. recent gas or electricity bill)
• Evidence of your right to reside in the UK if you are not a British Citizen
  (e.g. passport and other relevant documents from the Home Office)

If you do not provide us with the documents required your application may be accepted onto the housing register but will not be awarded any priority. Once the documents are received your application will be assessed and placed in the appropriate band. Click Prioritising Applications for more details on our banding scheme.

If you are having trouble completing an online application you can contact your local housing service for further advice on submitting the application.   Once you have started an online application you will be given 28 days to complete. After this customers are welcome at any time to start a new application  on-line.

Before you are offered a property you may be asked by the landlord to provide further documents to support your application. All documents provided must be originals, up to date and valid. 

Social housing tenants who wish to exchange their properties can apply through the Homeswapper website.

Customers wishing to apply for Homebuy or shared ownership schemes can go to the Homes in Hants website.

Who cannot use the Hampshire Home Choice scheme?

You cannot make a bid for a property unless yoy have been accepted onto the Hampshire Home Choice Housing Register. There are also some people who will not be eligible by law to join the housing register. These are:

• Certain people who are subject to Immigration Control under the 1996 Asylum and Immigration Act
• Certain people from abroad who are not subject to immigration control but who are not habitually resident in the UK 

For more detailed information contact your local housing service.