Private Landlords
With the growing demands on social housing stock, a large number of local authorities are looking to interacting and interfacing with private landlords to help meet the demands of the market. There are a number of different models relating to working with private landlords which authorities are adopting in order to help satisfy the demand. Our solution can be configured in a variety of ways to support the various models of social housing – private sector landlord interaction.

Configuration types include:

1) Open House Model – the local authority provides a stand alone website allowing Private Landlords to advertise properties and then encourages applicants on its waiting list to use the service to contact the landlord and obtain housing directly.

2) Choice Based Lettings (CBL) Integrated Model – the local authority brokers the service, creating adverts on behalf of the landlords and encouraging “bids” on the private properties alongside the social landlord properties. If a bidding limit is imposed, bids on private properties can be configured not to count to the applicant’s cyclical quota.

3) Mixed Model – anywhere in between the Open House and CBL integrated models, for example, the private properties could be advertised within the CBL framework, but “bidding” is handled directly between the landlord and applicant.

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