Social housing explained

There are three ways to apply for our homes:

• through your local council
• by transferring from another home
• by applying to us.

Register with a local council

If you’ve applied to be on the council’s housing register, your local council can nominate you for one of our homes. You’ll usually have to join the council’s waiting list.

Register with your local council: www.gov.uk/apply-for-council-housing

Transfer from another home

If you’re already one of our social tenants, you can transfer to another home. This is still possible even if you’ve not been offered the chance to renew at the end of your fixed-term tenancy. You can also swap homes with other social housing tenants.

Apply to us directly

Clarion advertises a percentage of its empty homes on Rightmove and Moving Soon. Please visit these sites regularly in order to view new Clarion adverts. You can express your interest in our vacancies via these websites and then submit an application for the property.

Applications will be prioritised and shortlisted in accordance with Clarion’s Allocations Policy [PDF].

Find out more 

Government website: www.gov.uk/housing-association-homes

Shelter housing charity website:
www.england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/council_housing_association

To qualify for our social housing you need to:

• be 18 or older (or 16 with an adult guaranteeing the rent until you’re 18)
• be resident in the UK and have the right to rent
• be nominated by a local council

or

• be a Clarion tenant, who by moving makes a home available
• have no other tenancy, unless you’re giving it up to be rehoused
• have no legal interest in a UK home – unless you’re selling a home that’s not suitable for you and have less than £85,000 equity
• have an annual household income under £60,000

or

• be assessed by us as being in need of housing.

 

What size of home can I apply for?

You’re normally allowed one bedroom for every couple or adult aged 16 or older. Two children of the same sex get a shared bedroom; two children of different sexes get a bedroom each if one of them is aged ten or older.