Housing Plus Group is making 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, will close 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.
- From 9 July 2025, you will no longer be able to make a new housing application or make changes to your current application. You will still be able to bid for properties until 8 August 2025.
- 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, from 1 August 2025, our website has a feature for you to use called ‘save your search’, you can set this up to record what your future preferences may be (i.e. property type and area) and the system will then email you as soon as a home matching your needs is advertised
We’ll share further updates about this change, on this page.