This page contains information about council and other social rented housing available through Highland Housing Register (HHR). It is to help you understand how quickly housing might become available for you in different communties. This may help you choose which communities to apply for housing in.
Click on the Letting Zones to find out:
- how many properties there are of each size,
- how many became empty last year, and
- how many people you will be competing with on the housing register.
Here’s an example of how to use this information
Say you are interested in your prospect of being rented a property in Dingwall, and you need a 2 bedroom property.
- Click on Mid Ross in the list below
- Find Dingwall in the first table, and look at the row for a 2 bedroom property
- This first table (Demand for Mid Ross based on first choice) tells you that there are 78 households on the register for a 2 bedroom property in Dingwall, and another 39 HHR tenants who want to transfer to a 2 bedroom property. These 117 households have told us that Dingwall is their first choice of location for housing.
- The second table (Demand for Mid Ross using all choices) tells you how many households in total would accept housing in Dingwall, even where it is not their first choice of location. This brings the total demand for Dingwall to 202 households on the register, and a further 64 tenants who wish to transfer. You will be competing with 266 households for a 2 bedroom property in Dingwall.
- To find out how many 2 bedroom properties there are in Dingwall, go to the table showing Supply and Turnover for Mid Ross.
- Find Dingwall, and look at the row for a 2 bedroom property.
- This table tells you that there are 261 2 bedroomed social rented properties in Dingwall, and that last year 12 of these became vacant and were relet.
What does this mean to me?
Demand is high for 2 bedroomed properties in Dingwall (266 households), and turnover is quite low (12 2 bedroomed relets last year). Based on 2010/2011 turnover, you would have a 1 in 22 chance of an allocation of a 2 bedroomed property in the short term. Your chances may improve but will remain limited in the medium to longer term, providing you have a housing need.
Information about how housing need is measured in Highland is set out in the Section 5 - Housing Need Categories and Priorities of the Highland Housing Register Allocations Policy. You can view the Allocations Policy and get other relevant information on the Highland Housing Register page.
Lettings Zones
Information to help you explore or plan for other housing options is available in ‘Finding Housing in Highlands’
If you would like to discuss your housing prospects in person or contact a Highland Housing Register office, you will find contact details in Appendix A under Current Documents or on the Highland Housing Register page.