The Richmond Housing Register

The Council has a legal duty to provide housing to its residents who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless through no fault of their own. In addition, the Council has an obligation to ensure that vulnerable people and households are housed in accommodation that will provide a safe and secure environment. This accommodation is usually in the form of social housing.

The Housing Service, in partnership with local housing associations, maintains the Richmond Housing Register, which contains the names of households who are in housing need and require re-housing.  

We use a points scheme to decide priorities for housing. The greater your housing need, the more points you will get. We work our your points on the basis of the information you provide on the application form(pdf, 225KB), so you should make sure to fill in the form fully.

The Housing Provision Team will make an offer of accommodation to you when you have enough points and your housing application has been approved. You will then be nominated for a property. People are nominated in points order so those with the highest points are nominated first.

As the Council no longer has its own social housing, the property you will be nominated to will be one owned by one of the housing associations in the borough and you will become their tenant.  Generally, you will not be able to choose which housing association you are nominated to, but if you are already with a particular landlord, you may be able to obtain a transfer to another of their properties.