Emergency Band Gold Band Silver Band Bronze Band  Exceptional housing need that  Overcrowded by two or  Homeless/threatened with  Deliberate worsening of takes priority over other more bedrooms; homelessness (Borough of circumstances applicants;  Under occupation; Poole and Purbeck District  Applicants with other  There is an urgent need to  Severe and/or persistent Council only); housing related debts move the applicant for harassment;  Homeless households  Low financial or operational  Applicants in supported owed the full duty (North Medical/Welfare/Disrepair reasons; housing/care leavers ready Dorset District Council, needs  Escape violence, threat of for move on (except West Dorset District  Accepting an offer that violence, harassment or Weymouth & Portland Council and Weymouth and doesn’t meet housing needs traumatic event; applicants); Portland Borough Council  Adequately Housed (West  Emergency disrepair issues;  High medical/welfare needs; only); Dorset and North Dorset  Urgent health/wellbeing issue;  High disrepair needs;  Prevention Duty (North District Council only)  Witness protection scheme  Combined medical/welfare Dorset District Council,  Sustainable rural housing applicants; and disrepair needs; West Dorset District  Sheltered housing  Operational need to move  Cumulative needs (4 or Council and Weymouth and Applicants applicant quickly (subject to more silver band needs); Portland Borough Council  Shared/Low Cost certain provisions)  Decant applicants only); ownership applicants  Applicants accepted as  Tenancy succession  Prevention Duty no local  Unacceptable behaviour unintentionally homeless by (subject to certain criteria) connection (North Dorset  Community Land Trust North Dorset District Council  Efficient management of District Council, West  Gypsy & Travellers Dorset District Council and after 3 months; 6 months in housing stock  Self-Build Rural Exception Weymouth and Portland Purbeck District Council and  Fostering/Adoption (Subject Site Register (Purbeck Borough Council only); West Dorset District Council to quota arrangements) District Council only)  Relief Duty (North Dorset and for Weymouth & Portland  Proven Social  Supported Housing/Care District Council, West Borough Council after 12 Need/Support delivery of Leaver Not Ready to Move Dorset District Council and months, and Borough of Poole another Service On Weymouth and Portland when the case is reviewed and  Sheltered No Local Borough Council only); emergency band is Connection (North Dorset  Relief Duty no local appropriate and accepted as District Council, West connection (North Dorset unintentionally homeless Dorset District Council and District Council, West (please see 3.5.2 for details). * Weymouth and Portland Dorset District Council and Borough Council only) Weymouth and Portland Borough Council only);   Homeless households (North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council only);  Weymouth & Portland Borough Council applicants in supported housing/Care Leavers ready for move on;  Medium medical/welfare needs;  Medium disrepair needs;  Overcrowded by one bedroom;  Split families;  Need to move for support (this does not apply to Purbeck District Council applicants)  Need to move for work  Service personnel  Community Contribution (North Dorset District Council only)  Affordability (this does not apply to Borough of Poole)