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Latest News New Housing Scheme goes live in Ellesmere Port and Neston
A new way of applying for homes across the Cheshire West area has gone live in Ellesmere Port and Neston. The new Choice Based Letting service, Trust HomeChoice, now enables customers to access homes across the entire borough in a new easy to use service.
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Open Day showcases new housing scheme
Residents in Ellesmere Port and Neston have been able to find out more about a new way of applying for homes to rent across the Cheshire West area.
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The first phase of the new, Choice Based Lettings service, Trust HomeChoice has gone live, enabling customers to access homes across the former Chester and Vale Royal areas as one, easy to use service.
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Customers give thumbs up to a new housing allocation policy across West Cheshire
Cheshire West and Chester Council, Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) and Weaver Vale Housing Trust (WVHT) are working together to deliver a new, unified Choice Based Lettings service, named Trust HomeChoice for all customers to access homes across West Cheshire.
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About Trust HomeChoice
Chester & District Housing Trust, Weaver Vale Housing Trust and Cheshire West and Chester Council are working together to deliver a unified Choice Based Lettings service called Trust HomeChoice for residents across the new Cheshire West and Chester region.
The new service recognises the success of Chester HomeChoice over the last two years and the expansion will offer wider choice and access to affordable housing. A partnership group has been formed and actions are in place to ensure the new service is made available in the coming 12 months in line with the new authority Cheshire West and Chester.
Trust HomeChoice ensures that residents will only need to join one housing register to apply for social housing owned by the Council, Chester & District Housing Trust, Weaver Vale Housing Trust and participating registered social landlords like Arena Homes and Muir Group.
The joint policy and register will use a banding rather than a points based system because it is simpler and more transparent for applicants. It is expected to assist customers set up over 1,500 new homes a year.
An extensive customer consultation process helped agree the allocation policy for Trust HomeChoice in July. In response to customer feedback, specific changes were made for Trust HomeChoice. They include:
•Ensuring local priorities are addressed, particularly in rural areas.
•Ensuring that methods of advertising properties meet the needs of all our customers.
•The provision of easy to access local contacts and advice, and
•Ensuring that the partnership works hard to ensure that allocations are sensitive to the needs of local communities now and in the future.
Research about the benefits of Choice Based Letting schemes is published at: http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/596/231MonitoringtheLongerTermImpactofChoicebasedLettings_id1503596.pdf and
http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/599/MonitoringtheLongerTermImpactofChoicebasedLettings_id1503599.pdf
For more information:
Cheshire West and Chester Council www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Press contact : Julia Thorley-Morse 01606 867512
julia.thorley@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
Chester & District Housing Trust www.cdht.net
Press Contact: Jane Harrad-Roberts 01244 330000
07785 395705 jane@marketingprojects.co.uk
01244 330000
Weaver Vale Housing Trust www.wvht.co.uk
Press contact: Lucy Goldsmith lucy.goldsmith@wvht.co.uk
01606 813317 or
Lucy Beaumont, Profile Communication
01606 888111
