How we allocate homes

Homes normally go to the person with the earliest queue date - as long as they're in the right rehousing category

Homes normally go to the person with the earliest queue date - as long as they're in the right rehousing category

We use our priority category system to decide who gets around half of the homes we have available.

We have a legal agreement to offer the rest of our homes to people using rehousing rules set by Manchester City Council, and to house applicants that the council puts forward.

We advertise our available properties on Homefinder – the online listing of homes to rent from not-for-profit landlords in Manchester.

Rehousing categories

Each home we advertise on Homefinder is labelled as available only to people in a particular rehousing category – category A, category B, or category C. Some homes are only available to people over a certain age.

There are more people in category B than category A. So we advertise homes on a ‘two to one’ basis - two for category B, to every one for category A.

The bidder with the earliest queue date is normally offered the home first.

Chances and choices

Your chance of a home depends on several things – see Your chance of a home If your chances are poor, if you can't find anything, or if you’ve been registered for rehousing for a long time, look at Other housing options.