| Band |
Circumstances |
Brief explanation |
| A |
Cumulative need within Band B |
Two or more priority (Band B) needs |
| B |
Homeless priority in need |
Unintentionally homeless and in priority need |
|
Medical priority |
Urgent need to move on medical grounds |
|
Prohibition order |
When the Environmental Health Team says that you are unable to live in your usual home until serious hazards, which affect your health and safety, have been removed |
|
Severe overcrowding |
Lacking four or more bedrooms according to our lacking bedrooms calculation (see table below) |
|
Move on |
Living in supported accommodation but ready for independent living |
|
Care leavers |
Care leavers as defined in the Children Act 2000 |
| C |
Points |
|
|
125 |
Living in hostel, hotel or bed and breakfast accommodation |
As stated. |
|
100 |
Homeless - no priority need |
Homeless but not in priority need |
|
100 |
Need to move to the area to keep or take up employment |
Has employment or an offer of employment in Hull and needs to move from outside the Hull boundary to accept or keep the employment |
|
100 |
High level support |
You need to be in a certain area in order for you to give or receive a high level of support or care |
|
50 |
Lacking bedroom (points for each bedroom lacking) |
This is calculated based on -
- each person aged 10 or over needing their own bedroom
- two children of the same sex aged under 10 being able to share
- two children of either sex under the age of six being able to share
|
|
50 |
Under-occupying a council home by one or more bedrooms |
Living in a council property where a property is under-occupied. Please also refer to our tenant incentive scheme if this applies to you |
|
50 |
Need to remain in the area for children's education |
Needs to stay in the same catchment area they already live in for their child's primary or senior school |
|
50 |
Home requires extensive repairs |
Environmental Health Team have identified category one or two hazards at property |
|
35 |
Split household |
Household cannot live together due to no suitable accommodation or medical circumstances |
|
30 |
Has child(ren) under five and lives in a flat, maisonette or bedsit above the ground floor with no level access (lift) |
As stated |
|
10 |
Sharing a bath/shower |
Sharing with another household |
|
10 |
Sharing a kitchen |
Sharing with another household |
|
10 |
Sharing an inside toilet |
Sharing with another household |
|
10 |
Need to move to be near children's school |
Need to move to the catchment area of child's primary or senior school |
|
10 |
Need to be near place of worship |
Regularly attends so needs to be close to a place of worship |
|
10 |
Need to be near family or friends to give or receive low level support |
As stated |
|
5 |
Parental access to children |
As stated |
| D |
5 |
Armed forces |
Has been discharged from H.M Forces within three months of applying for rehousing and is not homeless in priority need (these points are in addition to any other points entitled to) |
|
10 |
Local connection to Hull |
As stated |
|
5 |
No local connection to Hull |
As stated |
| E |
|
Unacceptable behaviour |
Has been in breach of a tenancy agreement or has been guilty of behaviour that would be in breach of a tenancy had they been a tenant, but the behaviour is not serious enough for the person to be ineligible for an offer of accommodation |
