Housing Allocation

Question 1

1919 Housing and Planning Act

Answer 1

first comprehensive plan to build social housing

Question 2

first comprehensive plan to build social housing Act

Answer 2

1919 Housing and Planning Act

Question 3

In pre allocations what class was the council housing supposed to be for

Answer 3

working class (but predominantly higher level working classes)

Question 4

What was the act that had slum clearance provisions - pre-allocated

Answer 4

1930 Greenwood Act

Question 5

what year was the Greenwood act

Answer 5

1930

Question 6

1930 Greenwood Act did what

Answer 6

slum clearance

Question 7

post war (1945) - expansion of

Answer 7

local authority housing

Question 8

post war (1945) - characteristics of tenants

Answer 8

mixed

Question 9

reasons for an increased in need for all mixtures of life to access social housing post war

Answer 9

• soldiers needing housing
• private rented slums (previously social housing pre-Greenwood Act)
• previous homes destroyed by war

Question 10

post war (1945) Gradual shift to a

Answer 10

needs based system

Question 11

what is this?

1980 - Margret Thatchers government allowed tenants their social homes at a significantly discounted price

Answer 11

Right to Buy

Question 12

what year was right to buy?

Answer 12

1980

Question 13

the first kind of allocation system

Answer 13

councillors recommendation

Question 14

cons of councillors recommendation

Answer 14

-corruption.
-lack of total knowledge.
-Type of tenant chosen.

Question 15

the second kind of allocation system

Answer 15

Date order

Question 16

cons of date order system

Answer 16

• emergency housing
• different queue lengths

Question 17

the third kind of allocation system

Answer 17

Points system

Question 18

what is a points system

Answer 18

where the applicants are allocated points according to varieties of need and those at the top of the points list
receive offers of accommodation

Question 19

cons of points system

Answer 19

• inconsistencies (because local authorities chose their own points criteria meaning that one person might be at the top of one list but the bottom of another authorities)
• lack of knowledge (you know your points but you don’t know anyone else - you don’t know where you are in a queue)

Question 20

Can some be on both a local authority and a housing associations waiting list?

Answer 20

Yes (causing confusion)

Question 21

allocation mechanisms continue to segregate the….

Answer 21

most excluded to the worst residential areas

Question 22

the council is reducing or eliminating tenants……

Answer 22

choice over their own housing

Question 23

choice based lettings…

Answer 23

seen as the way forward (Kullberg, J. (1997), ‘From waiting
lists to adverts; the allocation of social rental dwellings in the
Netherlands’ Housing Studies 12:393-403)

Question 24

• home hunting
• empowerment
• real housing markets
• customer focused

Answer 24

choice based lettings

Question 25

choice based lettings may be economic as it....

Answer 25

seeks to balance the proportion of those households on benefit with those with a least one member in employment

Question 26

choice based lettings may allow for family and friends to.....

Answer 26

live in the same housing areas (by making a link between them)

Question 27

trial tenancy granted to a new tenant that allows the local authority landlord or housing action trust to decide if they are a suitable tenant.

Answer 27

introductory/ probationary tenancy

Question 28

meaning you can normally live in your property for the rest of your life

Answer 28

assured tenancy

Question 29

usually lasting for at least 5 years (your landlord will decide whether it’s renewed), although can be shorter

Answer 29

fixed term tenancy

Question 30

who said - "Segregation may prevent individuals from accessing better employment, housing or other social opportunities, hindering the improvement of personal circumstances"

Answer 30

Dekker and Rowlands (2005)

Question 31

Full reference for Dekker and Rowlands

Answer 31

Dekker, K., & Rowlands, R. (2005). Tackling social cohesion in ethnically diverse estates p.g. 111

Question 32

"Choice-based letting allows applicants to bid on properties of their ‘choice’ instead of being allocated to a dwelling by a housing officer"

Answer 32

Kullberg (2002)

Question 33

Full reference for Kullberg

Answer 33

Kullberg, J. (2002). Consumer’s responses to choice based letting mechanisms. Housing Studies, 17, 549–579.

Question 34

" Social housing is rented housing provided at rents below market levels, by local authorities or housing associations, to people who can demonstrate that they are in housing need. and is controlled by government and are usually 50- 60% of private sector rents in the same area"

Answer 34

Pleace, Teller and Quilters (2011)

Question 35

full reference for pleace, teller and Quilters

Answer 35

Pleace, N., Teller, N., & Quilgars, D. J. (2011). Social housing allocation and homelessness