Applying for housing in Aberdeenshire & Moray has just become a whole lot easier. In the council chambers today at Woodhill House, housing officials from Aberdeenshire Council along with eight partners met with councillors and tenants to launch the new online application service. Anyone applying for council and Housing Association properties previously would have had to complete an application form to each separate organisation. Once registered with Apply 4 Homes, applicants are contacted by all the partners they apply to and information shared to make best use of all stock whether owned by the local authorities or the registered social landlord. This is a huge step forward for local housing and a big benefit to clients who at the end of the day are not particularly worried about who owns the property but have a genuine need to access affordable homes. At the moment, the various housing associations and local authorities have different allocation policies, all of which can be accessed on the website. Head of Service (Housing) for Aberdeenshire Council, Douglas Edwardson spoke at the launch of his vision to see a common housing allocation policy in operation between all housing providers in the future.

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