Rushmoor Home Finder

Our housing allocation pool

We don't have a housing register, we have a housing allocation pool. This is made up of people, eligible for help, that we prioritise by their housing need.

We prefer to talk to you about your realistic housing options and not place you on a long waiting list which is unlikely to solve your current housing difficulty. You can find out more on our how we allocate housing in Rushmoor page.

If you think you have an urgent housing need, please contact our Housing Options Team using the contact details at the bottom of this page.

If we accept you into the housing allocation pool

We will give you a unique reference number to apply for a housing association home through Rushmoor Home Finder. We run the Home Finder scheme with local housing associations.

If we don't accept you into the housing allocation pool

We will continue to offer advice and support about alternative housing options, such as renting privately, deposit schemes and shared ownership.

How to find a home using Home Finder

If you are in the housing allocation pool, we won't match you to a home. Instead, you must look for a place to live.

Every week we advertise vacant homes at the following places:

• On the Rushmoor Home Finder website
• Rushmoor Borough Council Offices, Farnborough
• Aldershot and Farnborough libraries

We make information available weekly from Wednesday at midnight and bidding closes on Sunday at midnight.

If you find a suitable property advertised

• You can bid for it on the Rushmoor Home Finder website

You can bid for up to three properties within each bidding period (midnight Wednesday to midnight Sunday).

You can also withdraw a bid or move a bid to another property during the bidding period.

Please make sure you apply for a property before the closing date, as we will not be able to consider any request received after that date.

What happens next

The successful bidder will be invited to view the property.

If, during a 12-month period, you are successful three times, but refuse the properties offered, you will not be able to select again for 12 months.

If we accept you as homeless

If we accept you as homeless, but after three months, you have not selected a property, or you have made successful selections but have refused the properties, we reserve the right to select one on your behalf.