Registered housing providers are also known as Registered Social Landlords or Housing Associations. They provide affordable homes for people in housing need. Most are not for profit, and they vary in size. From small, local organisations with a small number of properties to national ones with more than 50,000 homes. Most of these homes are rented at affordable rates, but some are sold through low-cost home ownership schemes.
Some registered providers provide general needs accommodation, and some offer support for people with a range of needs, including -
- older people
- people with disabilities and learning disabilities
- people who have been homeless
Nominations
Many registered providers request nominations from us for some of their available properties. This is where we ‘nominate’ a customer, or customers, to them from our housing list for one of their available properties. We usually advertise these properties, but we may nominate without doing this where -
- there is a very urgent need
- the registered provider has not asked us to advertise the property
To be able to bid for advertised nominations or be considered for nomination, you need to be registered on our housing list.
Accessing registered provider accommodation directly
Some registered providers only allocate their available properties through a nomination from us. But many also allocate some of their properties from their own housing lists.
You need to contact each one for advice about registering directly with them.
Each provider has different policies, for example -
- rent in advance
- a savings limit
- age restrictions
For further information on housing associations, visit GOV.UK.
Registered housing providers directory
We also have a registered housing providers directory to demonstrate the properties that are available from our registered housing providers.
You can access this directory here, or you can access the navigation to the right if you're on a desktop, or below on mobile to access each providers list.
This directory is a list of the properties that exist, this does not mean that these properties are available. To apply for a property with the provider, you will need to contact them directly.