New rules to add to queue for council housing

Families from Bognor Regis seeking a council house could face a longer wait as people from elsewhere join the queue.

New housing allocation rules being brought in by Arun District Council in August will mean that everyone has the right to apply for housing locally regardless of where they live.

The issue has already attracted complaints from the council's current tenants.

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But Arun is also getting the power to totally exclude or reduce the priority for housing given to applicants and households whose unacceptable behaviour has made them unsuitable to be a council tenant.

Full report in July 31 issue of the Bognor Regis Observer