Supplementary A - London Borough of Hillingdon

TENANTS HOME-SEEKERS DEFINING FEATURES OF APPLICANT
Band C
Reasonable
preference
Unsatisfactory
Housing
conditions
Unsatisfactory
Housing conditions
i) Overcrowding
Households who do not have the following minimum provision
• Co-habiting couples 1 bedroom
• Each independent adult (18yrs +) 1 bedroom
• Children of opposite sex aged over 7yrs should not have to share a bedroom
• Two children of the same sex 1 bedroom unless one child is aged over 10 years
and there is an age gap of 5 years or more.
N.B For this purpose:
a) Second reception room will generally be deemed as available for use as a bedroom
b) Box rooms which could reasonably be used by a child will count as a single
bedroom
c) Single persons occupying studio flats will not be deemed overcrowded.
ii)
Unsanitary conditions that cannot be addressed via Environmental Health
action and are lacking one or more of the following:
a) Food preparation facilities (i.e. sink and space for a cooker)
b) Inside WC
c) Bathing and personal washing facilities.
Medical (incl.
Mental health)
hardship
Medical (incl.
Mental health)
hardship
Band C status for medical need will be given where an applicant’s or member of the
household’s current housing conditions are having an adverse effect on their medical
condition which creates a particular need for them to move.
Elderly
approved for
Sheltered
Elderly approved
for Sheltered
Applicants over 60yrs assessed
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