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Plans for a fair way to allocate social housing in the Aylesbury Vale area of Buckinghamshire have been given the green light by local councillors after the waiting list for district housing topped 4,500 earlier this month.
The new policy, which was drafted after strong public support for change and is set to come into effect early next year, will ensure that allocations for social housing can be managed more easily. Aylesbury Vale District Council revealed on Friday that it has agreed to divide the area into four separate sub groups: Greater Aylesbury, South East, South West and North.
The policy is driven by local connections and it will result in 50 per cent of new build properties being allocated to applicants with a connection to one of the four listed local sub-group areas. Local applicants will also get first preference of a quarter of re-let properties.
A recent change to local connection rule means that people will only be accepted onto the housing register if they have lived or worked in the non-metropolitan district for the past 24 months, though older people with care and support needs will not be affected.
“The reality is that housing is scarce everywhere, not just in Aylesbury Vale, and we simply can't house everyone straight away, Cabinet Member for Community Matters and Council, Pam Pearce said. “So we're using the tools the government has given us, but implementing them in a responsible way.”
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