Band 1:
Urgent housing need - Local connection (except in one case, given below)
• People with an urgent medical need, e.g. hospitalised and unable to return to current home
• People who have an urgent need to move to an adapted property
• If your home has been destroyed by a disaster
• Someone leaving armed forces and needing accommodation
• Cases where a young person is leaving care or in danger of going into care
• Current tenant who has too many bedrooms and will take a smaller property
• Current tenant who has an adapted property they no longer need
• Homeless and fleeing violence or threat of violence (local connection not required)
• Other exceptional cases of urgent need
Band 2:
Housing need - Local connection
• Unintentionally homeless person
• Serious medical need which is affected by their housing
• People living in severely poor or overcrowded housing
• People living in properties lacking essential facilities, e.g. a toilet
• Someone needing an adapted property
• People who are suffering hardship because of their housing, e.g. someone needing to move to receive
essential support
Band 3:
Urgent housing need - No local connection
• People with an urgent medical need, e.g. hospitalised and unable to return to current home
• People who have an urgent need to move to an adapted property
• If your home has been destroyed by a disaster
• Someone leaving armed forces and needing accommodation
• Cases where a young person is leaving care or in danger of going into care
• Other exceptional case of urgent need
Band 4:
Housing need - No local connection (except in one case, given below)
• Unintentionally homeless person
• Serious medical need which is affected by their housing
• People living in severely poor or overcrowded housing
• People living in properties lacking essential facilities, e.g. a toilet
• Someone needing an adapted property
• People who are suffering hardship because of their housing, e.g. someone needing to move to receive essential support
• Intentionally homeless person (with or without local connection)
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