Band 1

Qualifying applicants will be placed in to Band 1 if they meet at least one of the following criteria:
• The applicant is a tenant of a registered provider within Chelmsford and is giving up a two, three, or four-bedroom general needs family home to move to a one bedroom property;
• The applicant is a tenant of a registered provider within Chelmsford and is giving up a two, three, or four-bedroom general needs family home to move to a two bedroom sheltered or age restricted property;
• The Council has received detailed information from social services, the police, or other relevant agencies, confirming that the applicant needs to move urgently on extremely serious social or welfare grounds. We must be satisfied that their difficulties cannot be adequately resolved in their current accommodation. This degree of priority must be agreed by the Strategic Housing Services Manager, Housing Solutions Manager, or Housing Casework Manager;
• The Council makes an extreme health and housing award.