Applying to a Housing Association
Housing Associations are organisations that build and manage homes that are available for rent (and sometimes to buy part of a share in). Housing Associations normally give tenants an Assured Tenancy, which means you have a lot of rights in your home. An organisation called the Housing Corporation makes sure that they manage their homes properly and that they keep their rents low.
There are a number of Housing Associations that have homes for rent within Charnwood Borough. If you are on the Council's Housing Register you can ask to be considered for Housing Association nominations. Nominations will be offered to people depending on who is highest on the Housing Register at the time, in the same way as Council properties.
You can also apply for Housing Association properties directly. Further down the page there is a list of areas where Housing Associations have properties within Charnwood, and contact details for all of the Associations. If you are interested in applying for a particular area or scheme you should contact the Housing Association directly.
Not all Housing Associations will have all parts of their waiting list open at a particular time. However they will be able to advise you as to when, in the future, they may begin to accept applications for a particular area or type of property again.
Each Housing Association will have a slightly different way in which they decide who should have the highest priority on their housing register so you might be nearer the top of one Association's list than another. Most Associations are unlikely to offer you accommodation if you owe rent or other money as a result of a tenancy you have had in the past with a Council or Housing Association. If you want to be considered for a Housing Association, and you owe money, you should ask the Association you are applying to what their rules are.
Housing Associations with Properties in Charnwood
Abbeyfield Society
Sheltered accommodation for the elderly.
Abbeyfield House, 53 Victoria Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3UW
Tel: 01727 857536
Web: www.abbeyfield.com
Advance Housing and Support
For people with learning disabilities, special needs, mental health problems.
5 Faraday Court, Conduit Street, Leicester
Tel: 0116 2559935
Web: www.advanceuk.org
ASRA Midlands Housing Association Ltd
Accommodation for persons with an Asian lifestyle.
78 Burleys Way, Leicester, LE1 3RD
Tel: 0116 2536646
Web: http://www.sanctuary-housing.co.uk/ASRA+Midlands+Housing+Association/ASRA+about+us.htm
De Montfort Housing Society Ltd
Consider all groups.
Springfield House, 80 The Parade, Oadby, Leicester
Tel: 0116 2205555
Web: http://www.eshagroup.co.uk/sDMHS
Derwent Living
Consider all groups.
1 Centro Place, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8RF
Tel: 01332 346477
Web: www.derwentliving.com
East Midlands Housing Association
Consider all groups.
Memorial Square, Coalville, Leicester, LE67 4EU
Tel: 01530 839091
Fax: 01530 278706
Web: www.EMHA.org
FCH Housing & Care
Consider all groups.
68a Leicester Road, Loughborough, LE11 2AG
Tel: 01509 217443
Fax: 01509 233889
Web: www.fch.org.uk
Hanover Housing Association
Sheltered accommodation for the elderly.
Midlands Region, Nelson House, Alington Road, Eynesbury St Neots, Cambs, PE19 2RD
Tel: 01480 475069
Web: www.hanover.org.uk
Housing 21
Sheltered accommodation for the elderly. Developments at Sir Robert Martin Court, Windsor Road & Ronald West Court, Langdale Avenue Loughborough.
The Triangle, Baring Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, NP9 2N
Tel: 01889 583822
Web: www.housing21.co.uk
Riverside Midlands
Family accommodation.
Riverside House, 49 Weston Boulevard, Leicester, LE2 7NH
Tel: 08453 304900
Fax: 0116 2854895
Web: www.riverside.org.uk
Leicester Housing Association
Consider all groups.
104 Granby Street, Leicester, LE11 1DL
Tel: 0116 2541871
Fax: 0116 2470365
Web: www.lha.org.uk
Metropolitan Housing Trust
Sheltered housing for the elderly.
Raleigh House, 68-84 Alfreton Road, Nottingham, NG7 3NN
Tel: 0115 9887100
Web: www.metropolitanhousingtrust.co.uk
North British Housing Association
Family, Elderly person's accommodation.
Midland Region, 12 Vivian Avenue, Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, NG5 1AF
Tel: 0800 432 0002
Web: www.nbh.co.uk
Nottingham Community Housing Association
Family Accommodation.
Rowlinson Court, 6 Heatherly Park Drive, Leicester, LE3 9EQ
Tel: 0116 2992841
Fax: 0116 2992843
Web: www.ncha.org.uk
Raglan Housing Association
Consider all groups.
6 Charteris Close, Loughborough, LE11 5XE
Tel: 01509 218643
Web: www.raglan.org