About Bury Home Options and choice-based lettings
Bury Home Options is the name of our choice-based lettings scheme.
Choice-based lettings replaces the traditional way of allocating housing when housing officers matched applicants who have priority on the waiting list to available vacancies.
Choice-based lettings allows applicants for council housing (and existing tenants seeking a move) to apply for available vacancies.
Applicants can see the full range of available properties:
- on the Bury Home Options website;
- at the Housing reception, Bury Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0AF;
- at Six Town Housing, Point Blue, Moor Street, Bury, BL9 5AQ;
- at local libraries; and
- at offices and agencies throughout the borough.
Search for a property on-line
Go to the Bury Home Options website.
You will need to login to this website using the user name and password we have given you. Once you are logged in you will be able to search for properties and express an interest in any properties are you are eligible for.
Forgotten your username or password?
Phone the Access and Assessment Team on 0161 253 5251.
How to apply for a property
You must be registered on our waiting list to express an interest.
Once you are registered, you can express an interest in any of the properties that are suitable for you. For example:
- a single person will not be considered for a 3 bedroom house; and
- a large family will not be considered for a property that would make them overcrowded.
Properties will be let to applicants who apply and have the highest priority need. Adapted properties are let to applicants who apply, require the adaptations and have the highest priority.
Bury Home Options properties are advertised for one week only - each Wednesday with a closing date and time of 5pm the following Tuesday.
Go to the how to express an interest page to find out what to do once you have seen a property you are interested in.
Pinpoint - search for properties across Greater Manchester
We now advertise 5% of our properties through the Pinpoint scheme.
Pinpoint is a choice based lettings scheme which provides access to social housing across the whole of Greater Manchester.
Go to our Pinpoint webpage for more information.
Private rented properties available through our Landlord Accreditation Scheme
Properties are advertised for rent by private sector landlords accredited through our Landlord Accreditation Scheme.
Go to the private rented properties page to view the list.
Related information
Go to the housing allocation page for details of how to apply for the housing register.
Plumlife
Plumlife have a number of alternative affordable housing options available to you.
HomeBuy Direct - offers eligible households a five year interest-free 'equity loan', jointly financed by the government and appointed developer. The loan will enable families to borrow up to 30% of the market value of a new build property. HomeBuy Direct is ideal for those struggling to raise a deposit in today's current economic climate.
Go to the Plumlife website.
Email: enquiries@plumlife.co.uk.
How to contact us
Phone: 0161 253 5251.
E-mail: access-to-housing@bury.gov.uk.
Visit: Housing Reception, Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0AF.
