Access and Assessment Team
The Access and Assessment Team provide general advice and assistance when applying for council housing, deal with processing housing applications and manage the Council’s housing register. We also advertise properties under the Bury Home Options scheme (formerly Choice Based Lettings) and deal with nominations to Housing Associations.
Who are the access and assessment team?
Access and Assessment Manager - manages the visiting and registration officers.
Visiting Officers - Their role is to carry out medical assessments for applicants on the housing register, deal with Choice Based Lettings properties, provide nominations to housing associations and allocate adapted properties.
Registration Officers - Their role is to be the first point of contact for customers, to register applications and provide general housing advice.
How do I rent a Council property?
To rent a council property first of all you need to apply to join our housing register. You can request an application form by contacting us as follows.
Phone: 0161 253 5251
E-mail: access-to-housing@bury.gov.uk
Visit: Housing Reception, Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0AF
Visit: Six Town Housing, Point Blue, Moor Street, Bury, BL9 5AQ
Alternatively, you can download, print out, complete and return the application form.
Please post your completed application form to Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0AF.
Download the Housing Application Form (12 page, 190kb, pdf)
Amended application for council housing form
The amended application form is used for applicants who are already on the waiting list, but their circumstances have changed from when the originally applied for rehousing. For example, the change in circumstances could be:
- change of address; or
- amendment of family members.
Download the amended application for council housing form (4 page, 261kb pdf)
Please post your completed application form to Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0AF.
How are properties allocated?
If your application has been accepted onto the housing register, you will be allocated a suitable property in one of the following ways.
- An applicant can be allocated a property by Six Town Housing. When a property becomes vacant, Six Town Housing will allocate the property by selecting the person from the Council’s Housing Register who has been assessed as being in the greatest need. This is done by finding the applicant in the highest priority band who has waited longest to be rehoused; or
- An applicant can express an interest with the Bury Home Options scheme (formerly Choice Based Lettings); or
- An applicant can be nominated for a Housing Association property. We have nomination rights to 50% of all housing association vacancies within the borough. Applicants must be registered on Bury MBC's Housing Register to express an interest in a housing association property. You may qualify for a property if you have sufficient priority on the housing register. Alternatively, you can apply direct to a housing association.
Applicants who live in the borough can also apply to be rehoused on medical grounds. There are certain conditions we don't take into account. You can download a list of examples. Download a list of excluded medical conditions (1 page, 22kb, pdf)
Related information
Go to the Six Town Housing website
Go to the Bury Home Options (formerly choice based lettings) web pages
Go to the Housing Associations web page
How to contact us
Visit us at: Housing Reception, Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0AF
Phone: 0161 253 5251
E-mail: access-to-housing@bury.gov.uk
