Shortlist and Offer
Short-listing
At the end of the advertising cycle bids are put into a priority order, also called "short-listing". A list of applicants who have expressed an interest in a property (placed a bid) is produced by the software used by the North Yorkshire Home Choice partnership.
Tie-Breakers are used when shortlisting to determine priority where there are multiple applicants within a band.
There are four tie-breaker categories used:
- Band
- Assessed Bedroom Need
- Debt
- Time on the register
Bids will be placed firstly in order of priority Band as this is a measure of housing need.
Applicants in Emergency Band will be ranked first, followed by those in Gold, Silver and then Bronze.
The following example shows how Tie-Breakers can be applied .
If only two applicants bid for a property, one in Gold band and one in Silver then the offer would go to the higher Gold applicant.
If both applicants are in Gold band then the process moves to the next tie-breaker, which is assessed bedroom need,
If both applicants have an equal assessed bedroom need the process moves onto the next tie breaker, which is, debt. The applicant with no housing related debt will be ranked higher than an applicant with housing related debt.
Should both applicants be equal then the process moves onto the final tie breaker which is time and the applicant with the earliest registration priority banding date is ranked higher on the shortlist.
Full details of our Tie-Breakers are available under How We Prioritise Your Application
Offers
Successful applicants are given the opportunity to view a property and will have 48 hours to decide if they wish to accept the offer of accommodation.
Once a property has been matched and accepted an applicant cannot bid on any other advertised properties.
Should an applicant bid on and refuse 3 suitable property offers then their application may be cancelled.
Letting results will be published on the North Yorkshire Home Choice website and in the weekly newsletter available from Housing Partners.
North Yorkshire Home Choice reserves the right to make exceptions to the Tie-Break order and these circumstances are covered in our full allocations policy document which can be found under our information pages.
Important. You should only bid on properties that you are eligible for and wish to be considered for. Applicants will not be considered for properties they are not eligible to bid on or where they do not meet the terms of the advert. Applicants who refuse 3 offers of a suitable property following bidding may be excluded from the register for 12 months.