Dudley

Step 3 - Offer

Every applicant that has bid for a property is placed on a list - this is called a shortlist. The bids on the shortlist are sorted by priority, points and date of registration. See Prioritising Applications  for more information.

You will be able to find out your queue position for any property you bid for. Your position may change during the advertising cycle as other people make or withdraw bids. If you feel that you won't be offered a property because of your position you can withdraw your bid and use it on another property.

We will carry out checks before offering you the property, such as debt checks and confirmation of your housing circumstances. This may also include a police check for certain estates or certain properties. Offers are not always made to the person with the highest points on the shortlist if the property is unsuitable for their needs or they do not have the greatest priority.

If you are at the top of the shortlist you will normally be invited to view the property unless there are reasons why we are unable to do this, for example, you have rent arrears or your landlord is taking legal action against you for breaching a tenancy condition. If we are unable to offer the property to the applicant at the top of the list we will move to the next applicant and so on.

If you are invited to view and offered the property this will be counted as a reasonable offer.   

If you are offered a property you will not be considered for other properties until you have decided whether to accept or refuse the offer.

If you accept the property you will be given an estimated date for your tenancy to start. You will also be given an appointment with your Housing Manager to discuss the conditions of tenancy. When the property is ready to let you will be able to collect the keys and sign the tenancy agreement.