Homesearch

In order to offer better customer service Homesearch officers will shortly be starting our drop in sessions again across our main offices. Customers will be able to meet a member of the Homesearch team to ask any questions they may have around downsizing priority, medical needs, overcrowding etc. 

From the week commencing Tuesday 4th October 2022 you will be able to meet a Homesearch adviser on the following days and times: 

Tuesday      Bath One Stop Shop         09:30 – 12.30

Thursday     Keynsham Town Hall        09.30 to 12.30 and 1.30 to 4pm 

For more information please contact the team on (01225) 396118.

In order to offer better customer service Homesearch officers will shortly be starting our drop in sessions again across our main offices. Customers will be able to meet a member of the Homesearch team to ask any questions they may have around downsizing priority, medical needs, overcrowding etc. 

From the week commencing Tuesday 4th October 2022 you will be able to meet a Homesearch adviser on the following days and times: 

Tuesday      Bath One Stop Shop         09:30 – 12.30

Thursday     Keynsham Town Hall        09.30 to 12.30 and 1.30 to 4pm 

For more information please contact the team on (01225) 396118.

In our rural communities applicants with a connection to the parish will be given greater priority for properties, this is called a “rural connection”. This means that if you have a connection you could be rehoused quicker in these areas.

For a rural connection you must meet one of the following criteria:

-Live in the parish & have done so for at least the last 12 months.

-Work in the parish in permanent paid employment.

-Have an immediate relative in the parish with which there is ongoing positive contact. Mother, father adult sibling or adult child (over 18yrs).

-Or have lived in the parish for three of the last five years. 

Review your application now. An inaccurate rural connection can affect your queue position.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Bath & North East Somerset Council has joined the nation in mourning, following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which was announced on Thursday 8 September 2022.

In our rural communities applicants with a connection to the parish will be given greater priority for properties, this is called a “rural connection”. This means that if you have a connection you could be rehoused quicker in these areas.

For a rural connection you must meet one of the following criteria:

-Live in the parish & have done so for at least the last 12 months.

-Work in the parish in permanent paid employment.

-Have an immediate relative in the parish with which there is ongoing positive contact. Mother, father adult sibling or adult child (over 18yrs).

-Or have lived in the parish for three of the last five years.

Review your application now. An inaccurate rural connection can affect your queue position.