re-housing waiting time property information 16.11.11

Please click here to download property information on waiting times for November 2011 - December 2011 on how long customers can expect to wait for a house. 

advice service questionnaire 10.11.11

Bradford Council are currently undertaking a review of advice services in the district.

As part of the review the Council are seeking the views of people who have or may use advice service.

We would be grateful if you could complete the questionnaire on behalf of Open Moves and support them in making sure that people's needs are being met.

Please help us by sparing a little time to complete this short questionnaire by clicking here

They were competing against three other organisations in the Be Involved Be Boutique day (28th July); Approach PR, NatWest and Bradford Chamber of Commerce to raise as much money as possible.

They turned Cancer Research UK’s shop on Ivegate into a bargain-hunters delight with the help of thousands of donations made by colleagues. Shoppers were serenaded by Elvis Presley tribute act, Mark Memphis.

There were also prize draws in the shop with some top prizes up for grabs including a brand new LCD TV and iPod Touch player.

Incommunities partners, contractors and suppliers made donations totalling £2,980 towards the grand total.

Over £3,000 was also raised with an online auction amongst staff of some of the donated gifts and a ‘dress down’ day.

Geraldine Howley, Incommunities Group Chief Executive said: “Everyone has pulled out all the stops to raise this fantastic sum.

“The shop was a hive of activity as some of our staff swapped the office to serve hundreds of customers and help boost our fundraising challenge. On behalf of the organisation I would to thank our partners who have been particularly generous.

“Cancer Research UK relies on the generosity of local people and businesses and everyone at Incommunities is proud to support their life saving work. I would urge Bradfordians to keep donating and supporting local charities.”  

• households including a pregnancy will be allowed to bid for properties to reflect their future needs 
• long term foster carers will be allowed to bid for properties to reflect their future needs
• Housing Association tenants who are eligible for one bedroomed properties and are under-occupying flats & maisonettes suitable for children in high demand areas or houses by one or more bedrooms. (Properties vacated through this initiative will be allocated to customers in Band A and Band B)
• a new overcrowding policy has been introduced and is now available as an appendix to the allocations policy
• customers housed via the private sector bond scheme will not be able to bid for a property on homes for the first 10 months of their tenancy

Open Moves annual review 2010/2011

Our housing options service, which is delivered in partnership with Bradford Council, has produced its first annual review. open moves was officially launched in March 2010 and includes a range of services targeted at different customers including young people, disabled residents and families and individuals in need of specialist housing support. It includes ’homes’ where staff have dealt with over 36,000 customer wanting to access the choice-based lettings service. The document is aimed at our partners, regulators and housing bodies. An electronic copy can be downloaded by clicking here

weekly newsletter 01.02.12

You can now download and print a copy of the weekly newsletter to help choose your next home.