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Housing Transfer Application Form Where to return the form Reference number: If you have any questions about this form, you can call at your local Hebridean Housing Partnership office Date received: or contact us on one of the phone numbers shown below. Stornoway Balivanich Hebridean Housing Partnership Hebridean Housing Partnership Gleann Seileach Business Park 17 Winfield Way Type: Permitted Bedrooms: Willowglen Road Balivanich Persons: Stornoway Isle of Benbecula Isle of Lewis HS7 5LH HS1 2QP Hebridean Housing Partnership Phone: 0300 123 0773 Phone : 01870 603939 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Housing Transfer Application Form Other information Suggestions and complaints Please read the information booklet for If you would like to make a suggestion or have a Director of Operations complaint about the way your housing application Hebridean Housing Partnership people applying for housing before you fill has been handled, please contact: Gleann Seileach Business Park in this application form. Willowglen Road Please write clearly in BLOCK CAPITALS Stornoway using ink and put a tick in the appropriate Isle of Lewis boxes. HS1 2QP When you have filled in the form, please Phone: 0300 123 0773 return it to your nearest Hebridean Housing Email: [email protected] Partnership office, for example, Stornoway or Balivanich - see the back of the form for Web: www.hebrideanhousing.co.uk details. If you have gone through our complaints process Scottish Public Services Ombudsman and you are still not happy, you have the right to 4 Melville Street take your complaint to: Edinburgh EH3 7NS Phone: 0800 377 7330 Fax: 0800 377 7331 Email: [email protected] HHP Registered Charity ( No. SCO35767) A Registered Society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, Reg No 2644R(S) Registered Property Factor PF000183 12 1 Section A Personal details Section C Declaration If you are applying jointly with another person, please fill in the other person’s details too. We need two forms of identification for each applicant as follows: Please check that the answers and information which you have given on this form are 1. Proof of identity (Passport, driving licence, birth certificate/marriage certificate) correct to the best of your knowledge. You should tell us if you move or if any of your 2. Proof of Residence (Bank Statement, Medical Card, Utility Bill or official letter showing current address). circumstances change as this may affect your priority for housing and your chance of receiving an offer. 1 Identity You Joint applicant A I confirm that all the information which I have given here is true, as far as I know. I understand that if I am offered a tenancy because I have given false information, you Title (Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, have the right to take legal action to repossess the property. Other) B I understand that any information I have given here will be placed on Hebridean Housing First name or names Partnership’s housing register. Surname C INFORMED CONSENT CLAUSE I/We authorise you to make any enquiries that you wish, both now and in the future, with Marital Status (Single, Married, Widowed, Separated/Divorced, any recognised Credit Reference Agency, Housing Association, Council or Government Engaged) Department (including Housing Departments, those administering Housing Benefit, Department of Work and Pensions, Social Services and Education Departments) and Current address anyone else as may be necessary with regard to considering an application for a tenancy, granting a tenancy, the on-going monitoring of the said tenancy, the recovery of any former tenant arrears or Rechargeable Repairs and the prevention and detection of fraud. Your signature Date / / Postcode Joint applicant’s signature Office Use Only - Current Allocation Area Date / / / / / / Date you moved Data Protection Act 2018: The information you have provided is classed as personal to this address Information and we will process it in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Address and postcode General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A copy our Fair Processing Notice will be where we should send provided on request. correspondence The information will be: (if different from above) held by Hebridean Housing Partnership, Creed Court, Gleann Seileach Business Date of birth / / / / Park, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis; and National Insurance number used only for the purposes of your application for housing and subsequent tenancy. We will ask you for proof of this. You can get more details of your rights under the Act by writing to: Phone numbers: Home Director of Operations Work Hebridean Housing Partnership Gleann Seileach Business Park Mobile Willowglen Road, Stornoway Isle of Lewis, HS1 2QP E-mail address or www.ico.gov.uk 2 11 13 Housing area Next of Kin Lewis Name Address Contact No. Relationship to you 1 A Ness 1 B Dell, Borve 1A 1 C Shader, Barvas 1B 1C 1 D Arnol, Bragar, Shawbost 1D 3A 2 A Carloway, Breasclete, Callanish 3B 2A 2 B Heath Park, Dun Innes, Crowlista 2B 3C 2 Members of your household 3D 3 A North Tolsta 3 B Back, Coll, Tong 4A Please list below all those people who currently live with you as part of your household. 4B 3 C Newmarket, Marybank/Bennadrove, Napier Hill, Cearns Stile Park, Manor Park, Goathill, Town Centre First name Surname Date of birth Relationship to Seaforth Road/Seaview Terrace, Parkend, Plasterfield you 3 D Knock, Garrabost, Upper Bayble, Shader, Aird 5A / / 4 A Leurbost, Ranish 5B 5C / / 4 B Keose, Laxay, Balallan, Gravir, Lemreway / / 6A Harris / / 5 A Tarbert 6B 6C / / 5 B Scalpay, Bays / / 5 C Northton, Leverburgh, Horgabost 6D Uist & Barra / / 7A 6 A Berneray Island 7B Is any member of the household expecting a baby? Yes No 6 B Lochmaddy, Sollas 6 C Bayhead If ‘Yes’, which household member? Name 7C 6 D Carinish, Grimsay, Clachan The date the baby is due / / 7 A Greagorry, Liniclate, Griminish, Balivanich 7D Torlum, Kileravagh Do you or the joint applicant (or both) have access or visiting rights to one or more of your 7 B Eochar, Carnan, West Gerinish 7E children aged under 16 who do not live with you at the moment? Yes No 7 C Howmore, Ormiclate, Borinish, Askernish 8A 7 D Lochboisdale, Daliburgh, South Boisdale, If ‘Yes’, please give details. (We will ask you for proof of this) 8B Garrynamonie, Pollachar First name Surname Date of birth Relationship to 7 E Eriskay you 8 A Eoligarry, Northbay, Brevig, Borve, Castlebay, Scallery / / 8 B Vatersay / / The housing information booklet shows the different types of housing and where they are. / / Not all types of housing are available in all areas. Please say below where you would prefer to live. First choice / / Second choice Please note that claimants of working age will have their Housing Benefit/Universal Credit entitlement reduced where there are bedrooms which are considered to be in excess of your List other areas you might be interested in normal occupancy requirements. 10 3 3 Your reason for applying to us for housing Section B Housing Choices Please tick below the box that most closely describes the main reason you have applied to us for 12 Housing type housing - Please tick only one box Please tick below all types of housing you would like to be considered for. Current house or flat too small Current house or flat too big General needs housing Wheelchair adapted property Sheltered housing Ambulant Disabled Poor condition of current Health reasons accommodation NSSE (New Supply Shared Equity) Other requirements Problems with neighbours Relationship breakdown How many bedrooms do you require? The size of property which you may be offered will depend on Hebridean Housing Partnership’s Setting up a new household Leaving parental home for the first (e.g. Getting married) time Allocation Policy. You may chose to apply for a property which is larger than your household size entitlement but such allocation will only be made in situations of low demand. Mortgage arrears/repossession Unable to afford current rent Please tick below all house types you would be prepared to accept. House Bedsit Flat Been given notice to quit by landlord Currently homeless Do you require ground floor accommodation only? Yes No Living with family / friends who have Discharge from prison / hospital / asked you to leave care Please tick below all heating types you would be prepared to accept. Solid Fuel Electric Air Source Heat Pump Having to move from tied Emergency (e.g. fire, flood, storm) accommodation Ground Source Heat Pump Gas Young Person (Aged 16 - 25) leaving Violence or harassment care Additional Information Need sheltered accommodation Need adapted accommodation Other Employment If you ticked “Other” please give details. 4 9 11 Monitoring 4 Missed payments Are you, or any member of your household, related to a Staff Has formal action ever been taken against you, or anyone included in Member or Board Member of Hebridean Housing Partnership? Yes No your application, for rent arrears? If ‘Yes’, please give details. If ‘Yes’, please give details. Yes No Name Position Relationship to you (HHP Board Member, staff member) 5 Harassment and abuse Are you or a member of your household experiencing disturbance, harassment or abuse in or near your home? Are you, or any member of your household, employed by or a Yes No No Board Member of Hebridean Housing Partnership? Yes If ‘Yes’, please give details. If ‘Yes’, please give details. Do either you or joint applicant consider yourself to have a disability ? Yes No How would you describe your ethnic origin? Please tick which of the following apply: 6 Sexual Offences Act 2003 APPLICANT White Scottish Indian Polish Do you, or anyone included in your application, have to No White other British Mixed/Multiple ethnic back- Chinese register with the police under the Sexual Offences Act 2003? Yes ground White Irish Not Applicable Pakistani If ‘Yes’, please give their full names.
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