Choice Based Lettings & Housing Register

Choice-Based Lettings is coming soon to Mid Sussex!
The Mid Sussex District Council will be introducing Choice-Based Lettings (CBL) of social housing in Mid Sussex from April 2010.

They are joining the Sussex Homemove scheme, which is an established partnership of 11 authorities in East and West Sussex who are operating CBL.  However, Affinity Sutton (previously known as Downland Housing Association) will continue to run the Common Housing Register under contract with the Council.

Download a leaflet about Choice-Based Lettings in Mid Sussex
Download a copy of our new Allocation Scheme that will operate once CBL starts in April 2010

What is Choice-Based Lettings (CBL)?
Choice-Based Lettings gives people more choice about where they live. It introduces a new way of letting housing association homes across the district. Rather than the Council and Affinity Sutton allocating properties, the scheme enables applicants to bid for the properties they like by registering an interest in them. All available properties will be advertised on a website and in a fortnightly magazine. People seeking to move will be put into one of four bands according to their housing need - this will replace the complex points system we currently use.

How do I get on to the scheme?
If you are already on the Mid Sussex Common Housing Register, the Common Housing Register Team at Downland Housing Association will be writing to you in December to invite you to re-register before the new scheme starts so that we have up to date information about you. Although you will need to re-register to stay on the list, you will keep your original date of registration. We will then write to you to tell you what band you are in nearer the start of the scheme.

I'm already on the Mid Sussex Common Housing Register. I want to re-register now for CBL so how do I do this?
Just click on the link below to go to the online application form.  You will be asked to create a username and password when you start filling in the form. As long as you save what you've completed as you go along, you don't have to finish the form all at once but can log back on at a later date.  Your form is not submitted until you press the 'submit' button at the end of the form.  For further answers to questions you may have about re-registering see our FAQ about re-registering.