Wyre Council is part of a Fylde Coast choice-based letting scheme 'My Home Choice Fylde Coast'. This is a partnership between the three Fylde Coast Councils (Blackpool Council, Wyre Council and Fylde Council) and the registered providers in the area who offer affordable housing for rent (this includes affordable rent and social rent).
In order to be eligible to join the housing register, applicants must meet the criteria outlined in the Consistent Assessment Policy - a summary of the local connection criteria is as follows:
Applicants must be able to demonstrate they have a local connection by one of the following:
- Local residency – they have lived in the Fylde Coast area consecutively for the last three years (does not include those that have been placed in the area). A specific borough connection will be applied when prioritising applicants for allocation – see Section 6 of the Consistent Assessment Policy)
- Permanent employment in the Fylde Coast area (see Appendix Three of the Consistent Assessment Policy – Working Households)
- Close family association – has a parent, adult child, adult brother or sister who is living in the Fylde Coast area and has done so for the last 5 years
- Applicants who are serving in the Armed Forces and who are either employed or are resident in the Fylde Coast area
- Former Armed Forces personnel who had a previous residence in the Fylde Coast area as a result of a former posting to the area, within the last 5 years
- Homeless applicants where there is a statutory duty to provide housing by Blackpool, Fylde or Wyre Council
Some of the registered providers who are part of My Home Choice Fylde Coast do not advertise all of their housing stock through the register and instead have their own websites or advertise through Rightmove. The links below will take you to the websites for the registered providers and/or their Rightmove pages:
- Jigsaw Homes Group Ltd
- Great Places Housing Association
- Places For People website / rent.placesforpeople.co.uk
Social Rent is a low-cost rental home, where the rent is set by a government formula – these homes are often referred to as ‘council houses’ or ‘housing association properties’. Applicants often have to register for social housing and usually have to meet eligibility criteria. Wyre Council does not own its own social housing. To register for social housing in Wyre please continue to the following website My Home Choice Fylde coast. You can find more information about social housing at What is social housing - Shelter England.
Affordable Rent is rent that is set at up to 80% of the market rent (including service charges). The route to accessing affordable rent is usually the same as the process to access social rented homes as described above.
Rent to Buy is considered an affordable home ownership product. Please see our home ownership page.