About the information we provide on advertised properties
We provide the following information on properties advertised under the Bury Home Options scheme over a three month period.
- The number of properties advertised for each property type
- The number of properties advertised for each type of tenancy, for example, adapted properties
- The number of properties advertised in each of our townships
- The average number of expressions of interest per property
- The number of applicants in each band who were rehoused through the scheme
Properties advertised on the Bury Home Options Scheme
from April to June 2008
The number of properties advertised for each property type
- Sheltered property (18)
- 1 bed bungalow (16)
- 1 bed first floor flat (26)
- 1 bed ground floor flat (29)
- 1 bed house (1)
- 2 bed first floor flat (6)
- 2 bed ground floor flat (8)
- 2 bed bungalow (1)
- 2 bed house (40)
- 2 bed maisonette (1)
- 3 bed house (25)
- 3 bed maisonette (1)
- 4 bed house (1)
Total (173)
The different tenancy types
- Adapted property (11)
- Choice based letting (148)
- Furnished tenancy (4)
- Sensitive and age restriction (10)
Total (173)
The number of properties advertised in each town
- Bury (67)
- Radcliffe (55)
- Whitefield (28)
- Prestwich (15)
- Ramsbottom and Tottington (8)
Expressions of interest per property
- Average number of expressions received per property (34)
The number of successful applicants rehoused through the scheme
- Band 1 (31)
- Band 2 (68)
- Band 3 (38)
- Band 4 (7)
- Band 5 (3)
- Band 6 (8)
Please note: these figures total different to the number advertised as some properties are still awaiting repairs.
About housing bands
To provide a fair system, housing applicants are divided into six bands of housing need. Band 1 is the highest priority and band 6 the lowest. Within each band, the longer you have been waiting, the higher your priority.
Related information
To find out more about how we allocate properties or the Bury Home Options Scheme
go to our Housing Allocations page
