Our Points System
We may give you points for the following:
- Your home is too small for your needs
- Your home is too big for your needs
- You live in poor housing conditions
- You live in poor housing conditions - caravans
- You are sharing facilities with another household
- You are a key worker
- Care and support
- You live in a flat or maisonette (if you have children under 16 living with you)
- You have a rural connection
- Exceptional circumstances
Your home is too small for your needs
For every bedroom you are short of
- 100 points (or 50 points if you have children who do not live with you permanently, for example, they only stay with you a few nights a week).
Your home is too big for your needs
For every extra bedroom you don't need (transfer list applicants only)
- 100 points.
For every extra bedroom you don't need (waiting list applicants only)
- 50 points.
You live in poor housing conditions
The property is below an acceptable standard, for example:
- has an outside toilet or shared toilet (this means that more than one household will be using a toilet);
- has serious damage to the structure;
- has severe rising or penetrating damp (this is when water is getting into the property through the structure and is usually caused by a fault in the roof or walls); or
- does not have a good enough supply of piped water; and
- is going to be knocked down or has a closing order (which makes it illegal for anyone to live in the property until it is improved to meet the standard set out in the order).
- 250 points.
The property is below an acceptable standard, for example:
- it has a bathroom with toilet which opens directly onto the kitchen or another room (not including a bedroom);
- it does not have a bath, shower or washbasin;
- there is evidence of rising or penetrating damp;
- it has faulty lighting, poor ventilation or drainage systems; or
- there are no acceptable cooking facilities; and
- the property does not have a closing order or is not going to be knocked down.
- 150 points.
The property has minor faults including slight dampness or condensation and areas which need repairing.
- 100 points.
You live in poor housing conditions - caravans
The caravan needs major repairs and also has poor or no facilities.
- 250 points.
The caravan needs major repairs but has facilities.
- 150 points
The caravan needs minor repairs and has no facilities.
- 100 points.
You are sharing facilities with another household
You share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet. We will not award sharing facilities points if you own or rent the property you are currently living in.
- 100 points.
You are a key worker
You have a job which brings in skills that are not available locally.
- 100 points.
Care and support
Residential care or support is no longer appropriate. You no longer need to live in supported accommodation.
- 250 points.
You live in a flat or maisonette (if you have children under 16 living with you)
You have lived in a first-floor flat or maisonette with shared access for one year or more.
- 40 points.
You have lived in a second-floor flat or above or maisonette with shared access for one year or more.
- 75 points.
You have a rural connection to the area
For example, this could be a town where:
- you grew up;
- you currently live;
- you work; or
- your children currently go to school.
Points in this category do not apply to Buckie, Elgin, Forres, Keith and Lossiemouth.
- 50 points.
Exceptional circumstances
The Housing Needs Review Group will assess this.
- 0 to 500 points (depending on the circumstances).
