Attention!!!!

Bidding on this cycle starts on Wednesday 09 May 2012.

Bidding finishes on this cycle on Monday 21 May 2012.

Check out properties in the subregion. Click here to view properties.

Welcome to our sub-regional choice based lettings scheme

Introduction

We successfully run a choice based lettings system. We have also been working hard in partnership with others to improve our service to you. So we have:

formed a partnership with three other councils so we can create a sub-regional choice based lettings scheme
agreed a single banding scheme for all housing register applicants of each council
agreed new rules for calculating under-occupation and overcrowding when assessing your application for housing
introduced a new banding reason to cater for social and welfare aspects of your application
agreed guidelines on the types of property that will be advertised sub-regionally.

If you want full details of the scheme click here.

Enhanced Housing Options

This is an online form that you can complete to find the options for housing that are open to you. It is easy to do and will present you with a document summarising your housing options, that you can save or print.

To complete the form click here

Number of Properties Being Advertised

Please note that there are very few properties being advertised in the current Choice Based Lettings cycle.

General Needs: There are only 2 three bedroom properties, 2 two bedroom houses and 1 one bedroom flat.
Sheltered Needs: There are only 3 one bedroom sheltered needs flats or bungalows.

If you are trying to apply and are told that you are not eligible for any properties this may be because there is nothing being advertised which is the right size or type for your household.

Due to the intense pressure on social housing in the Cherwell District this is likely to happen again in future cycles.

New Extra Care Development at Centurion House

Coach House Mews, Bicester, OX26 6EW

For people aged 55 and over there are apartments to rent or to purchase through shared ownership at this new development.

Open Days for the general public are on 12th and 13th May between 10.00 am and 3.00 pm.

Extra Care housing offers a new way of supporting you to live independently and maintain a quality of life for as long as possible.

At Centurion House you have the privacy of your own home with your own tailored support package to suit your individual needs. For added reassurance, emergency care is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

There is a range of facilities for you to enjoy and share with friends and relatives in a secure environment.

The housing provider is bpha, a registered charity, one of the UK’s leading providers of high quality residential and Extra care housing schemes for the elderly, with over 16,000 properties under management and is registered with the Homes and Communities Agency.

The care provider, The Order of St John Care Trust, provides a high quality of care and support.

SHARED OWNERSHIP
For further information on apartments to buy through shared ownership contact the sales and support advisor on 07949 234381.

With shared ownership, you can purchase 50% or 75% of your new home and pay for the care and support you require. Purchase prices range from £105,000 (based on a 75% share with no rent to pay on the unsold equity).

RENTING
For further information on apartments to rent call the Housing & Care Manager on 01865 748301 or email manager.isiscourt@osjctoxon.co.uk.

Orchard Meadows- extra care for over 55s

One and two bedroom extra care apartments for sale under Shared Ownership in quiet residential setting at Orchard Fields in Banbury - call Sales Team on 01295 267051 or 01295 269081. Up to 75% share available.

Also extra care apartments to rent - call Extra Care Manager on 01865 202356

High specification, serviced communal areas, 24 hour support from on site health care teams, Carelink emergency call facility. Extra care housing offers a new way of supporting you to live independently for as long as you possibly can. It gives you the security and privacy of a home of your own, with the added benefit of a range of on-site facilities and the support and reassurance of 24 hour, 7 day a week care services tailored to individual needs. The homes have been developed by Bedfordshire Pilgrims Housing Association and will be managed by the Order of St John's Care Trust.

Bidding

The first bidding cycle started on Monday 27 July 2009 and finished at midnight on Monday 3 August 2009. Our bidding cycles start on a Wednesday and finishes 13 days later on a Monday. The starting dates for the bidding cycles in 2012

9 May
21 May
6 June
20 June
4 July
18 July

Useful documents

The Allocation Scheme - sets out our policy for sub-regional choice based lettings
It's your choice - summarise how choice based lettings works
Applying for a home in Cherwell - tells you what you need to know about getting onto the housing register
Housing register application form - so you can apply to come onto our housing register

Useful links

search for available homes
apply for a property
view previously advertised properties
Cherwell's website
Send us an email
contact us.

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