Common use of Other General Points Clause in Contracts

Other General Points. 5.2.1 Following an offer or nomination of social rented housing by the local authority, applicants will be given a reasonable period to properly consider whether to accept it. However, the personal circumstances of each applicant, including those who are vulnerable applicants, unfamiliar with the property being offered, in hospital, need to arrange a support worker to be present at the viewing, are working, or have childcare commitments will be given longer to consider the property offered. Any longer timescale will be based in specific circumstances of an applicant. The actual letting will be handled by the local authority or a registered provider, who will complete the letting following the offer and acceptance of a tenancy agreement by the applicant. 5.2.2 Applicants will not be offered an allocation that would result in them under-occupying the dwelling (against the definition used by the Department of Work Pensions to determine claims for help with housing costs), being overcrowded (against the UK Government’s Bedroom Standard) or being unable to afford rental or service charges at the date an allocation or nomination is made. As a general rule, allocations will be made so that a property is fully occupied. If this is not possible, under-occupation will be considered, subject to an affordability assessment. Applicants who receive support from a carer who does not live with them and who is required to stay overnight, will have their need for a spare room taken account of whenever possible. Properties on the ground floor, with an accessible bathroom or an additional bathroom or toilet will be offered to applicants who have a medical need for such a dwelling over an applicant who has no need for such accommodation. Any particular needs of older applicants will be taken account of. A health or social care professional with direct knowledge of the applicant’s condition will be contacted by the local authority for an opinion of the applicant’s health and the impact on their housing needs, when evidence submitted by an applicant requires clarification on a point of accuracy or clarification of the prevailing circumstances of their condition. The needs of applicants who have been approved by the local authority to adopt or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and require a larger property will be taken account of. The extent and circumstances of an applicant’s household will be taken account of, as to whether they would be eligible or qualify in their own right or not. 5.2.3 For the purposes of determining overcrowding or under-occupying, an assessment will be made against the minimum room size for licensed HMOs (for licences issued after 1st October 2018) or the UK Government’s Bedroom Standard for any other type of dwelling, which allows a separate bedroom each for: 1. A married or cohabiting couple, 2. Adult aged 21 years or more, 3. Pair of adolescents aged 10-20 years of the same gender, 4. Pair of children aged under 10 years regardless of gender, 5. An adolescent aged 10-20 years paired with a child aged under 10 years of the same gender, 6. An unpaired adolescent aged 10-20 years, 7. An unpaired child aged under 10 years. 8. An adult or child who cannot share due to a disability or medical condition, or due to fostering arrangements being facilitated by the local authority. 9. An overnight carer for any usual household member, if the carer isn’t a usual household member. 10. Approved ▇▇▇▇▇▇ carer who is between placements, but only for up to 52 weeks from the end of the last placement. 11. Where gender identity is put forward as a reason for requiring an additional bedroom to be awarded outside the scope of the above criteria, cases will be assessed on a case by case basis. Consideration will be given to the particular circumstances in each case including evidence, which should be submitted to inform the decision, evidence may include, but is not limited to a gender recognition certificate for an adult age 18+, or for a child may include a letter of support from a Social Worker, medical professional, or member of school leadership team. 5.2.4 When considering child access arrangements the council will make a decision about which parent or guardian it deems has the primary care of the child. This will be based on the individual merits of each case taking into account receipt of child benefit, court orders, percentage of time spent caring for the children, the regularity and permanence of the arrangement. Where an applicant does not have primary care of dependent children, but shares care, either as a result of a court order or an informal arrangement, the council will consider the size and type of accommodation that is appropriate to either parent or guardian on a case by case basis. Where an applicant has access to children, they will normally be assessed as requiring one additional bedroom, but this bedroom award will not be taken into consideration for the assessment of a priority on overcrowding grounds. An allocation of accommodation will depend on the rules applied by each registered provider. A decision of a registered provider will depend on several factors including: 1. The ability of the applicant to afford the rent with or without help from benefits; the property must be assessed as affordable. 2. The availability and popularity of family housing in any area that an applicant expresses a preference to live. For example, a registered provider Association may be more flexible if the property is a flat rather than a house or in an area of low demand. An applicant should contact the registered provider(s) directly for more information on their individual rules. 5.2.5 Applicants may not be made an offer of a property in a locality (e.g. electoral ▇▇▇▇, parliamentary constituency) in which he or she has previously been the perpetrator or victim of anti-social behaviour, hate crime, violence or domestic abuse, or where the perpetrator or victim now currently lives. Offers may be withdrawn if new information is provided to the local authority, or other stakeholder which they believe may put the victim at risk. 5.2.6 The letting of a property, including whether a joint tenancy will be granted, is beyond the scope of this Procedure. The local authority and registered providers have their own allocation rules and policies that dictate how lettings will be agreed. 5.2.7 This Scheme has been drawn up with regard to the Liverpool City Region Tenancy Strategy referred to above in paragraph 1.3.7. Tenancies offered by registered providers will be made having regard to this document. 5.2.8 Applicants will be informed by the relevant Registered Provider, at the point of an allocation, if the property will be furnished or unfurnished. 5.2.9 Applicants will be provided with an opportunity to view the property prior to accepting or rejecting the dwelling being offered. Applicants can expect properties to be fit for occupation at the date of the letting, or that any repairing obligations imposed on a registered provider, will be met within a reasonable time of commencement of the tenancy. 5.2.10 Transfer applicants will be made an offer that ensures they do not inadvertently lose accrued rights and will be tenancy of equivalent form to that which they are transferring from. Arrears of rent outstanding on a previous tenancy can be transferred to the new one when both properties are held by the same registered provider, subject to agreement with their landlord as to how those arrears will be cleared (compliance with the arrears agreement will be a term of the new occupancy agreement). 5.2.11 The local authority has not developed a specified position on pets in social rented housing. Registered providers are expected to set out their position clearly in property advertisements and tenancy agreements.

Other General Points. 5.2.1 Following an offer or nomination of social rented housing by the local authority, applicants will be given a reasonable period to properly consider whether to accept it. However, the personal circumstances of each applicant, including those who are vulnerable applicants, unfamiliar with the property being offered, in hospital, need to arrange a support worker to be present at the viewing, are working, or have childcare commitments will be given longer to consider the property offered. Any longer timescale will be based in specific circumstances of an applicant. The actual letting will be handled by the local authority or a registered provider, who will complete the letting following the offer and acceptance of a tenancy agreement by the applicant. 5.2.2 Applicants will not be offered an allocation that would result in them under-occupying the dwelling (against the definition used by the Department of Work Pensions to determine claims for help with housing costs), being overcrowded (against the UK Government’s Bedroom Standard) or being unable to afford rental or service charges at the date an allocation or nomination is made. As a general rule, allocations will be made so that a property is fully occupied. If this is not possible, under-occupation will be considered, subject to an affordability assessment. Applicants who receive support from a carer who does not live with them and who is required to stay overnight, will have their need for a spare room taken account of whenever possible. Properties on the ground floor, with an accessible bathroom or an additional bathroom or toilet will be offered to applicants who have a medical need for such a dwelling over an applicant who has no need for such accommodation. Any particular needs of older applicants will be taken account of. A health or social care professional with direct knowledge of the applicant’s condition will be contacted by the local authority for an opinion of the applicant’s health and the impact on their housing needs, when evidence submitted by an applicant requires clarification on a point of accuracy or clarification of the prevailing circumstances of their condition. The needs of applicants who have been approved by the local authority to adopt or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and require a larger property will be taken account of. The extent and circumstances of an applicant’s household will be taken account of, as to whether they would be eligible or qualify in their own right or not. 5.2.3 For the purposes of determining overcrowding or under-occupying, an assessment will be made against the minimum room size for licensed HMOs (for licences issued after 1st October 2018) or the UK Government’s Bedroom Standard for any other type of dwelling, which allows a separate bedroom each for: 1. A married or cohabiting couple, 2. Adult aged 21 years or more, 3. Pair of adolescents aged 10-20 years of the same gender, 4. Pair of children aged under 10 years regardless of gender, 5. An adolescent aged 10-20 years paired with a child aged under 10 years of the same gender, 6. An unpaired adolescent aged 10-20 years, 7. An unpaired child aged under 10 years. 8. An unborn child will be included in the bedroom calculation from the point the MATB1 certificate is provided to confirm the pregnancy. The gender of the unborn child will not be taken into consideration until the birth of the child i.e. the child will be paired with another unpaired child or unpaired adolescent regardless of gender until the birth. 9. An adult or child who cannot share due to a disability or medical condition, or due to fostering arrangements being facilitated by the local authority. 910. An overnight carer for any usual household member, if the carer isn’t a usual household member. 1011. Approved ▇▇▇▇▇▇ carer who is between placements, but only for up to 52 weeks from the end of the last placement. 1112. Households assessed as needing one bedroom accommodation who are resident in either a bedsit or HMO (House of Multiple Occupation) will not meet the criteria for a priority on overcrowding grounds. 13. Where gender identity is put forward as a reason for requiring an additional bedroom to be awarded outside the scope of the above criteria, cases will be assessed on a case by case basis. Consideration will be given to the particular circumstances in each case including evidence, which should be submitted to inform the decision, evidence may include, but is not limited to a gender recognition certificate for an adult age 18+, or for a child may include a letter of support from a Social Worker, medical professional, or member of school leadership team. 5.2.4 When considering child access arrangements arrangements, the council will make a decision about which parent or guardian it deems has the primary care of the child. This will be based on the individual merits of each case taking into account receipt of child benefit, court orders, percentage of time spent caring for the children, the regularity and permanence of the arrangementarrangement and advice in relation to affordability. Where an applicant and / or joint applicant / partner does not have primary care of dependent children, but shares care, either as a result of a court order or an informal arrangement, the council will consider the size and type of accommodation that is appropriate to either parent or guardian on a case by case basis. Where an applicant and / or joint applicant / partner has access to children, they will normally be assessed as requiring one additional bedroom, but this bedroom award will not be taken into consideration for the assessment of a priority on overcrowding grounds. An allocation of accommodation will depend on the rules applied by each registered provider. A decision of a registered provider will depend on several factors including: 1. The ability of the applicant to afford the rent with or without help from benefits; the property must be assessed as affordable. 2. The availability and popularity of family housing in any area that an applicant expresses a preference to live. For example, a registered provider Association may be more flexible if the property is a flat rather than a house or in an area of low demand. An applicant should contact the registered provider(s) directly for more information on their individual rules. 5.2.5 Applicants may not be made an offer of a property in a locality (e.g. electoral ▇▇▇▇, parliamentary constituency) in which he or she has previously been the perpetrator or victim of anti-social behaviour, hate crime, violence or domestic abuse, or where the perpetrator or victim now currently lives. Offers may be withdrawn if new information is provided to the local authority, or other stakeholder which they believe may put the victim at risk. 5.2.6 The letting of a property, including whether a joint tenancy will be granted, is beyond the scope of this Procedure. The local authority and registered providers have their own allocation rules and policies that dictate how lettings will be agreed. 5.2.7 This Scheme has been drawn up with regard to the Liverpool City Region Tenancy Strategy referred to above in paragraph 1.3.7. Tenancies offered by registered providers will be made having regard to this document. 5.2.8 Applicants will be informed by the relevant Registered Provider, at the point of an allocation, if the property will be furnished or unfurnished. 5.2.9 Applicants will be provided with an opportunity to view the property prior to accepting or rejecting the dwelling being offered. Applicants can expect properties to be fit for occupation at the date of the letting, or that any repairing obligations imposed on a registered provider, will be met within a reasonable time of commencement of the tenancy. 5.2.10 Transfer applicants will be made an offer that ensures they do not inadvertently lose accrued rights and will be tenancy of equivalent form to that which they are transferring from. Arrears of rent outstanding on a previous tenancy can be transferred to the new one when both properties are held by the same registered provider, subject to agreement with their landlord as to how those arrears will be cleared (compliance with the arrears agreement will be a term of the new occupancy agreement). 5.2.11 The local authority has not developed a specified position on pets in social rented housing. Registered providers are expected to set out their position clearly in property advertisements and tenancy agreements.

Other General Points. 5.2.1 Following an offer or nomination of social rented housing by the local authorityLocal Authority, applicants will be given a reasonable period to properly consider whether to accept it. However, the personal circumstances of each applicant, including those who are vulnerable applicants, unfamiliar with the property being offered, in hospital, need to arrange a support worker to be present at the viewing, are working, or have childcare commitments will be given longer to consider the property offered. Any longer timescale will be based in specific circumstances of an applicant. The actual letting will be handled by the local authority Local Authority or a registered provider, who will complete the letting following the offer and acceptance of a tenancy agreement by the applicant. 5.2.2 Applicants will not be offered an allocation that would result in them under-occupying the dwelling (against the definition used by the Department of Work Pensions to determine claims for help with housing costs), being overcrowded (against the UK Government’s Bedroom Standard) or being unable to afford rental or service charges at the date an allocation or nomination is made. As a general rule, allocations will be made so that a property is fully occupied. If this is not possible, under-occupation will be considered, subject to an affordability assessment. Applicants who receive support from a carer who does not live with them and who is required to stay overnight, will have their need for a spare room taken account of whenever possible. Properties on the ground floor, with an accessible bathroom or an additional bathroom or toilet will be offered to applicants who have a medical need for such a dwelling over an applicant who has no need for such accommodation. Any particular needs of older elderly applicants will be taken account of. A health or social care professional with direct knowledge of the applicant’s condition will be contacted by the local authority Local Authority for an opinion of the applicant’s health and the impact on their housing needs, when evidence submitted by an applicant requires clarification on a point of accuracy or clarification of the prevailing circumstances of their condition. The needs of applicants who have been approved approve by the local authority Local Authority to adopt or ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and require a larger property will be taken account of. The extent and circumstances of an applicant’s household will be taken account of, as to whether they would be eligible or qualify in their own right or not. 5.2.3 For the purposes of determining overcrowding or under-occupying, an assessment will be made against the minimum room size for licensed HMOs (for licences issued after 1st 01st October 2018) or the UK Government’s Bedroom Standard for any other type of dwelling, which allows a separate bedroom each for: 1. A married or cohabiting couple, , 2. Adult aged 21 years or more, 3. Pair of adolescents aged 10-20 years of the same gender, 4. Pair of children aged under 10 years regardless of gender, 5. An adolescent aged 10-20 years paired with a child aged under 10 years of the same gender, 6. An unpaired adolescent aged 10-20 years, 7. An unpaired child aged under 10 years. 8. An adult or child who cannot share due to a disability or medical condition, or due to fostering arrangements being facilitated by the local authority. 9. An overnight carer for any usual household member, if the carer isn’t a usual household member. 10. Approved ▇▇▇▇▇▇ carer who is between placements, but only for up to 52 weeks from the end of the last placement. 11. Where gender identity is put forward as a reason for requiring an additional bedroom to be awarded outside the scope of the above criteria, cases will be assessed on a case by case basis. Consideration will be given to the particular circumstances in each case including evidence, which should be submitted to inform the decision, evidence may include, but is not limited to a gender recognition certificate for an adult age 18+, or for a child may include a letter of support from a Social Worker, medical professional, or member of school leadership team. 5.2.4 When considering child access arrangements the council will make a decision about which parent or guardian it deems has the primary care of the child. This will be based on the individual merits of each case taking into account receipt of child benefit, court orders, percentage of time spent caring for the children, the regularity and permanence of the arrangement. Where an applicant does not have primary care of dependent children, but shares care, either as a result of a court order or an informal arrangement, the council will consider the size and type of accommodation that is appropriate to either parent or guardian on a case by case basis. Where an applicant has access to children, they will normally be assessed as requiring one additional bedroom, but this bedroom award will not be taken into consideration for the assessment of a priority on overcrowding grounds. An allocation of accommodation will depend on the rules applied by each registered provider. A decision of a registered provider will depend on several factors including: 1. The ability of the applicant to afford the rent with or without help from benefits; the property must be assessed as affordable. 2. The availability and popularity of family housing in any area that an applicant expresses a preference to live. For example, a registered provider Association may be more flexible if the property is a flat rather than a house or in an area of low demand. An applicant should contact the registered provider(s) directly for more information on their individual rules. 5.2.5 Applicants may not be made an offer of a property in a locality (e.g. electoral ▇▇▇▇, parliamentary constituency) in which he or she has previously been the perpetrator or victim of anti-social behaviour, hate crime, violence or domestic abuse, or where the perpetrator or victim now currently lives. Offers may be withdrawn if new information is provided to the local authority, or other stakeholder which they believe may put the victim at risk. 5.2.6 The letting of a property, including whether a joint tenancy will be granted, is beyond the scope of this Procedure. The local authority and registered providers have their own allocation rules and policies that dictate how lettings will be agreed. 5.2.7 This Scheme has been drawn up with regard to the Liverpool City Region Tenancy Strategy referred to above in paragraph 1.3.7. Tenancies offered by registered providers will be made having regard to this document. 5.2.8 Applicants will be informed by the relevant Registered Provider, at the point of an allocation, if the property will be furnished or unfurnished. 5.2.9 Applicants will be provided with an opportunity to view the property prior to accepting or rejecting the dwelling being offered. Applicants can expect properties to be fit for occupation at the date of the letting, or that any repairing obligations imposed on a registered provider, will be met within a reasonable time of commencement of the tenancy. 5.2.10 Transfer applicants will be made an offer that ensures they do not inadvertently lose accrued rights and will be tenancy of equivalent form to that which they are transferring from. Arrears of rent outstanding on a previous tenancy can be transferred to the new one when both properties are held by the same registered provider, subject to agreement with their landlord as to how those arrears will be cleared (compliance with the arrears agreement will be a term of the new occupancy agreement). 5.2.11 The local authority has not developed a specified position on pets in social rented housing. Registered providers are expected to set out their position clearly in property advertisements and tenancy agreements.