Rehousing categories: your priority

Your rehousing category depends on your circumstances

Your rehousing category depends on your circumstances

We use the information you give us on your application to join the Manchester Housing Register to put you into one of three rehousing categories.

Here’s how we decide which category you go in:

Category A

You go into this category if:

You are potentially homeless
If you have been given two months' notice to move out (or less) or a specific date to leave your home (if you are leaving the armed forces for example).

Your home is unsafe or being demolished
If your home has been officially classed as not safe to live in or is going to be demolished.

Your home is too big
If your home has two or more bedrooms more than you need, and it’s a property in demand.

You qualify for a ‘two for one’ move
If the tenants of two Parkway Green homes want to move into the same home – as long as there’s a high demand for both properties they would leave.

You are severely overcrowded
If you need at least two more bedrooms than you have now.

You have an urgent need to move
If you are the victim of domestic violence or hate crime for example.

You are leaving care
If you are a young person leaving care and are likely to be homeless.

You are preventing a child going into care
If a child in your household would have to go into care if you don’t find somewhere else to live – if you don’t have enough bedrooms to allow a parental care order, for example.

You are supporting a child leaving care
If you need to move so that a child coming out of care has somewhere to live – if you don’t have enough bedrooms to allow a parental care order for, example.

Category B

You go into this category if:

You are overcrowded
If you need one bedroom more than you have now.

You provide support or receive support
If you need to move nearer to a vulnerable relative to support them, or if you are vulnerable yourself and need to be closer to someone who supports you.

You need to be closer to work
If you have a job in our area, live more than five miles away, and need to be closer to work.

You need to move for health reasons
If you are in ill-health, and a move would help improve your condition.

You do not have a secure tenancy
If you are renting from a private landlord on a temporary or shorthold basis, or you’re lodging with family or friends.

You need to be independent
If you live with relatives, but your household needs your own home or you are still living with someone after your relationship has broken down.

Separated couples
If you live separately from someone and you want to set up home together as a couple.

Poor property condition or lack of facilities
If you own your home, or rent it from a private landlord, and the accommodation has failed a council fitness standard, because it’s in poor condition or lacks certain facilities.

Category C

You go into this category if you do not meet any of the conditions in Category A or Category B.

Other priority systems

We use our category system to decide who gets around half of the homes we have available. But we have a legal agreement to offer the rest to people using rehousing rules set by Manchester City Council, and to house applicants that the council puts forward.

Find out more about how we allocate homes.