Common Allocations Policy April 2025
Common Allocations Policy: Appendix 1 - Group plus points system
Group 1: Strategic Need
This group is designed to meet urgent or exceptional housing need as quickly and successfully as possible. Refer to 'Assessing your housing need - our group plus points system' for more details.
This group includes applicants who are:
- looked-after and accommodated children
- foster/kinship carers whose current property is unsuitable for reasons relating to their caring responsibilities
- people at risk of/experiencing domestic abuse
- people at risk of/experiencing serious harassment including harassment of a racial, religious or sexual nature or which is based on someone's gender, sexuality or disability
- people moving on from supported accommodation
- served with a Closing Order
- staying in adapted housing and no longer require it
- armed forces personnel leaving full-time regular service
- people who require to leave home as a result of regeneration activity
- witness protection cases
- people who are ready to leave hospital but cannot as they don't have suitable accommodation (delayed discharge)
- in exceptional circumstances
Points: Applications will be held according to the date of decision to place them in this allocations group.
Allocation priority: 10%
Group 2: Homelessness
This group is designed to enable the partners to respond to homelessness. For more details about this group, refer to 'Assessing your housing need - our group plus points system'. Applicants in this group must be assessed by the Council as:
- threatened with homelessness
- unintentionally homeless (under Part II of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 and 2001 Act)
Points: These applications are held in date order because of the exceptionally urgent circumstances involved. Applications will be held according to the date of their homeless presentation.
Allocation priority: 50%
Group 3: Transfer applicants
Tenants of the four partners living in Perth and Kinross who apply to move to an alternative property.
Points
These applications will be held in order of the number of points awarded.
Medical
You can receive these points if:
- you have difficulty with mobility
- you have a serious long-term or terminal health problem
- your health problems are being made worse by your current housing situation which could be alleviated or managed more effectively by being rehoused
There are three levels of medical points.
| Level | Points |
|---|---|
High - you have an urgent need for housing and your medical condition is being severely affected or made worse by your current accommodation and you are:
| 150 |
| Medium - you have serious health or mobility issues and your home seriously affects your daily activities. Rehousing would alleviate your health or mobility difficulties and/or improve your quality of life. | 100 |
| Low - you have less serious health or mobility difficulties and your home hinders daily activities. Rehousing would alleviate your health or mobility problems and/or improve your quality of life. | 50 |
Overcrowded
This group is designed to provide points if you are living in accommodation that is not large enough for the people living with you. You will receive points based on the information in your application. Refer to 'Assessing your housing need - our group plus points system' for more information. You will receive points if you need:
| Requirement | Points |
|---|---|
| 3 extra rooms | 150 |
| 2 extra rooms | 100 |
| 1 extra room | 50 |
| A bedspace (have a single bedroom but requires a double bedroom) | 25 |
Under-occupying
This group provides points to you if you are living in accommodation with more bedrooms than you require or use. You will receive points based on the information within your application form. Refer to 'Assessing your housing need - our group plus points system' for more details. You will receive points if you have:
| Rooms | Points |
|---|---|
| 2 bedrooms too many | 200 |
| 1 bedroom too many | 100 |
Providing or receiving help to live independently
You can receive points in this group if you or a member of your household need to move home for one of the following reasons.
| Reason | Points |
|---|---|
| To receive help: for example, you need to move to be closer to your carer or family | 10 |
| To provide help to somebody else: for example, you want to move to be near somebody you are going to help live independently | 10 |
No housing need
This group is for those applicants that have no housing need. Refer to 'Assessing your housing need - our group plus points system' for more details.
| Description | Points |
|---|---|
| This covers those with no housing need or those merely aspiring to move to alternative housing. | 0 |
Allocation priority: 24% overall
Group 4: Housing Waiting List applications
All other housing applicants who do not qualify in one of the three groups above.
Points: These applications will be held in order of the number of points awarded.
Medical
You can receive these points if:
- you have difficulty with mobility
- you have a serious long-term or terminal health problem
- your health problems are being made worse by your current housing situation which could be alleviated or managed more effectively by being rehoused
There are three levels of medical points.
| Level | Points |
|---|---|
High - you have an urgent need for housing and your medical condition is being severely affected or made worse by your current accommodation and you are:
| 150 |
| Medium - you have serious health or mobility issues and your home seriously affects your daily activities. Rehousing would alleviate your health or mobility difficulties and/or improve your quality of life. | 100 |
| Low - you have less serious health or mobility difficulties and your home hinders daily activities. Rehousing would alleviate your health or mobility problems and/or improve your quality of life. | 50 |
Overcrowded
This group is designed to provide points if you are living in accommodation that is not large enough for the people living with you. You will receive points based on the information in your application. Refer to 'Assessing your housing need - our group plus points system' for more information. You will receive points if you need:
| Requirement | Points |
|---|---|
| 3 extra rooms | 150 |
| 2 extra rooms | 100 |
| 1 extra room | 50 |
| A bedspace (have a single bedroom but requires a double bedroom) | 25 |
Below tolerable standard
You will receive points from the group if your home or caravan is in poor condition and does not meet the tolerable standard. Refer to 'Assessing your housing need - our group plus points system' for more information. If you tell us that there are problems with the condition of your home or caravan we will ask the Council's Environmental Services or will contact the local authority you are living in to ask for an Officer to inspect your home or caravan to see if it has any of the following problems.
| Problem | Points |
|---|---|
| 40 |
Insecure housing
You can receive points from this group if you do not have secure accommodation or are threatened with homelessness in the next 3 months. Refer to 'Assessing your housing need - our group plus points system' for more information. You will receive points if:
| Situation | Points |
|---|---|
| You live in private rented accommodation and your lease has expired or you have been served with a notice to quit by your landlord through no fault of your own | 100 |
| You are in a relationship that has broken down and you are unable to remain in the home | 80 |
| Long-term sofa-surfer (no bedroom available) | 110 |
| You are living at a 'care of' address with a bedroom available | 40 |
| You live in a caravan but have access to facilities that are not below tolerable standard | 20 |
| You live in tied accommodation and your employer has told you that you will have to leave your accommodation within the next 6 months (for example, as a result of retirement or redundancy) | 100 |
Only one set of points can be awarded in this group.
Providing or receiving help to live independently
You can receive points in this group if you or a member of your household need to move home for one of the following reasons.
| Reason | Points |
|---|---|
| To receive help: for example, you need to move to be closer to your carer or family | 10 |
| To provide help to somebody else: for example, you want to move to be near somebody you are going to help live independently | 10 |
No housing need
This group is for those applicants that have no housing need. Refer to 'Assessing your housing need - our group plus points system' for more details.
| Description | Points |
|---|---|
| This covers those with no housing need or those merely aspiring to move to alternative housing. | 0 |
Allocation priority: 16% overall
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