Register for social housing

If you are homeless or at risk of being made homeless within the next 56 days, please register as homeless on the Lichfield District Homes website - choose the 'register as homeless or at threat of homelessness within 56 days' button.

If you are not homeless/at risk of homelessness, but are keen to register for social housing, please be aware there are limited social homes to rent within Lichfield District.

Because of this, our housing allocation scheme has been designed to give priority to applicants in the greatest level of housing need and to make the best use of the social homes available. 

Not all applicants are eligible to join the register and this will depend on your circumstances.

If you are eligible for social housing in Lichfield District you will be given a priority banding and will be able to bid on properties on the Lichfield District Homes register.

Your priority banding will affect how your bids on properties are shortlisted.

Use our quick checker below to see if you could be eligible

You must have a housing need to join the housing register.

For example you are homeless, or threatened with homelessness, you are living in a house that's too big (too many bedrooms) or too small (too few bedrooms), you can no longer afford to live in your current home (we'll assess this through an income and expenditure assessment), or you have medical needs that mean you need to move to more suitable accommodation. 

If you do not have a housing need (as defined by our housing allocations scheme), you will not be eligible to join the register.

If you do have a housing need, please use our checker to find out if you are eligible to join the register.

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