We’ve made changes to the way we manage housing applications and transfers in the Stafford area.
These changes follow a review of local housing demand.
What is changing?
- Our current housing list, managed through the Choice-Based Lettings system, closed permanently on 8 August 2025
- Each year there are on average only 350 properties made available for letting in your area and yet there are almost 3,000 people on the current waiting list – meaning only just over 1 in 10 are successfully housed.
- If you believe you have an urgent housing need, you should contact your local council for advice and support
- A new section called Homes Available Now will launch on our website on 1 September 2025. This will show homes that are ready to let immediately and how to apply
What you need to do
- If you are a Homes Plus tenant and have been approved for a transfer move, we will contact you directly and ask you to register on our new lettings system
- If you believe you have an urgent need to move, you should contact your local council
- If you are looking for a new home, you will be able to view available properties in the Homes Available Now section of our website from 1 September 2025
- In the meantime, you can use our website’s ‘Save a search’ feature to prepare. Simply choose your preferred property type and location, and the system will automatically email you when a matching home becomes available
We’ll share further updates about this change, on this page.