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Welcome to Rushmoor Borough Council’s Home Finder scheme, a new way of allocating housing association properties for rent.
We aim to give you more choice in deciding where you want to live. Properties that are available for rent will be advertised each week on this site, by telephone on 01252 398227 or by text 07781 486 687.
If you are registered on the Rushmoor Housing Register we will no longer match you to a property, instead you can look for a property through the Home Finder scheme.
You must then tell us which properties you are interested in. This process is known as bidding. You may only bid for a property if your application has been accepted onto our Housing Register.
WARNING there are about 4,800 applicants on our Housing Register. Each year about 350 are housed and these applicants have had the highest priority and may have waited years before being successful. If you live outside of Rushmoor you will have lower points than local residents. Please consider these facts before you make an application to ensure you do not waste your time. If you want to talk to us about this please click-on how to contact us.
The table below shows the number waiting on the Register by the size of accommodation they require and the number of applicants housed during 2006/07.
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Bedsits/one bed for over 50s |
One bed |
Two bed |
Three bed |
Four bed |
Total |
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Number waiting as at 18 October 2007
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430 |
3,294 |
1,553 |
930 |
174 |
6,381 |
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Number housed in 2006/07
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77 |
47 |
144 |
33 |
3 |
304 |
You can use this website to:
PROOF OF IDENTITY AND ELIGIBILITY
Please note that before we accept your application to join the Housing Register you will need to prove your identity and show that you are eligible to join. To find out more about the information we require please click here.
If you would like help to use the Home Finder scheme please contact our Housing Options team: Click How to contact us for contact details and opening hours.
If you cannot afford to buy your own home there are a range of options available which are known as HomeBuy schemes, such as equity loans and part buy/rent (formerly known as shared Ownership schemes).
As well as homes to buy, there are sometimes homes to rent too. There a number of schemes aimed at key workers such as teachers, health workers and other essential public services. To find out more click www.homesinhants.co.uk
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