What is my band?
A "band" is awarded in recognition of housing need. Housing need is often referred to as “priority” or “preference”. Households who apply for a home are assessed to determine who is in most urgent housing need and then awarded a band.
As of 30 September we’ve joined forces with Oldham Council which means you, and anyone applying for a home in the area, will only need to apply through one single system, Oldham Council's Housing Options.
You will now only need to register for a new home on one system where you will be assessed based on your housing need in line with Oldham Council’s Allocations Scheme.
If you already have an application on the Council’s Housing Register you do not need to do anything as the Council's Housing Register remains unaffected.
If you are currently on our housing register only and you have a statutory housing need you don’t have to do a thing, you will automatically be transferred onto Oldham Council’s Housing Register. You will be contacted by Oldham Council by email in due course with instructions on what to do next. You will also retain your MyMove Oldham account and have access to our ready to let homes on a first come first served basis, as well as our rent to buy and shared ownership properties.
If you do not have a statutory housing need, you can still access our ready to let homes on a first come first served basis through the MyMove Oldham site.
With the exception of our Home Ownership products properties on MyMove are available on a first come first served basis. For more information on the different types of Home Ownership product, please visit our Home Ownership page.
Available properties may also display some additional criteria, these could be;
Preference given to those with a need for certain disabled persons adaptations such as a Level Access Shower, Stair lift or for Wheelchair Accessible properties.
Preference for family housing given to those with children under 16 years of age, or,
Preference given to those over a certain age where there is an approved age restriction in place.
MyMove properties will be ordered based on eligible bedroom need and then in order of date and time your expression of interest was placed, any additional criteria can also apply.
MyMove Working Extra properties will be ordered based on eligible bedroom need, qualification under Working Extra and then in order of date and time your expression of interest was placed, any additional criteria can also apply.