Common use of Other General Points Clause in Contracts

Other General Points. Any property may be advertised as First Come, First Served after one complete bidding cycle, if there has been no successful allocation of the property to an applicant. First Come, First Served adverts can be added Monday – Friday and have no specific cycle end date. Applicants bidding on First Come, First Served adverts will be prioritised by the date and time that their bid was placed. Provisional offers of accommodation should be made by phone, text message, email, letter or client message, and at least two, preferably three contact methods should be used. Applicants will then be given at least 24 hours to consider whether to accept the offer, and will be informed of their deadline within the provisional offer contact attempts. The actual letting will be handled by housing management staff. Properties on the ground floor with an accessible bathroom or additional bathroom or toilet will be prioritised for applicants who have a medical need for such a dwelling. Applicants may not be offered a property in a locality in which he or she has previously been the perpetrator or victim of anti-social behaviour, hate crime, violence, or domestic abuse. This policy has been drawn up having had regard to the Tenancy Strategy of each local authority B- with-us partner, plus the Tenancy Policy of each registered provider B-with-us partner. Tenancies will be offered in strict accordance with these documents. Applicants will be informed of the quality of accommodation and will be provided with an opportunity to view the property prior to accepting the offer. Applicants can expect that properties will be fit for occupation at the date of the letting, or that any repairing obligations imposed on B- with-us registered providers will be met within a reasonable time from the commencement of the tenancy. Applicants may be required to provide rent in advance prior to entering into a tenancy agreement with any B-with-us registered provider. Rules relating to rent in advance differ between each registered provider partner. Applicants will not be offered a property where they cannot afford to pay all related potential rental and service charges. Applicants’ income, expenditure, debt, loans and savings will be taken into consideration by B-with-us registered provider partners. Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate (via income or benefits) that they will be able to pay all of the following charges:  Housing costs (including rent and service charges)  Council tax  Water (supply and sewage)  Electricity  Heating (gas, electricity, oil or solid fuels)  Priority debts Offers of accommodation may be revoked if new information comes to light which would affect the allocation. If applicants in high priority bands are not bidding regularly (and there is no clear reason for their lack of bids, such as waiting for a specific property type that does not become available often or waiting for an adapted property to suit medical needs), the partnership may review and possibly reduce their banding, or may remove the applicant from the register. Appendices

Other General Points. Any property may be advertised as First Come, First Served after one complete bidding cycle, if there has been no successful allocation of the property to an applicant. First Come, First Served adverts can be added Monday – Friday and have no specific cycle end date. Applicants bidding on First Come, First Served adverts will be prioritised by the date and time that their bid was placed. Provisional offers of accommodation should be made by phone, text message, email, letter or client message, and at least two, preferably three contact methods should be used. Applicants will then be given at least 24 hours to consider whether to accept the offer, and will be informed of their deadline within the provisional offer contact attempts. The actual letting will be handled by housing management staff. Properties on the ground floor with an accessible bathroom or additional bathroom or toilet will be prioritised for applicants who have a medical need for such a dwelling. Applicants may not be offered a property in a locality in which he or she has previously been the perpetrator or victim of anti-social behaviour, hate crime, violence, or domestic abuse. This policy has been drawn up having had regard to the Tenancy Strategy of each local authority B- with-us partner, plus the Tenancy Policy of each registered provider B-with-us partner. Tenancies will be offered in strict accordance with these documents. Applicants will be informed of the quality of accommodation and will be provided with an opportunity to view the property prior to accepting the offer. Applicants can expect that properties will be fit for occupation at the date of the letting, or that any repairing obligations imposed on B- with-us registered providers will be met within a reasonable time from the commencement of the tenancy. Applicants may be required to provide rent in advance prior to entering into a tenancy agreement with any B-with-us registered provider. Rules relating to rent in advance differ between each registered provider partner. Applicants will not be offered a property where they cannot afford to pay all related potential rental and service charges. Applicants’ income, expenditure, debt, loans and savings will be taken into consideration by B-with-us registered provider partners. Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate (via income or benefits) that they will be able to pay all of the following charges:  • Housing costs (including rent and service charges)  • Council tax  • Water (supply and sewage)  • Electricity  • Heating (gas, electricity, oil or solid fuels)  • Priority debts Where either (a) an applicant’s inability to afford to pay all related potential rental and service charges is because of something arising in consequence of a disability, or (b) this aspect of the policy puts the applicant and others with a shared “protected characteristic” at a particular disadvantage when compared with others who don’t share it, then B-with-us partners will be willing to consider whether the applicant’s income could be reasonably increased or living costs reasonably reduced so as to make the accommodation affordable. Offers of accommodation may be revoked if new information comes to light which would affect the allocation. If applicants in high priority bands are not bidding regularly (and there is no clear reason for their lack of bids, such as waiting for a specific property type that does not become available often or waiting for an adapted property to suit medical needs), the partnership may review and possibly reduce their banding, or may remove the applicant from the register. Appendices