Other Housing Options

Getting a home through the bidding process may prove difficult particularly if you have been give a low priority band for example Band E or F. There are other options available that may help you get the move you require. These include: 

Mutual Exchange

Tenants with secure or assured tenancies have the right to exchange their property as long as they comply with their tenancy obligations and meet the relevant statutory conditions. For further information on the Mutual Exchange scheme please contact your nearest Durham Key Options partner organisation.

Low Cost Home Ownership/Shared Ownership

There are a range of products available to help you buy a home. One such scheme is the governments Homebuy scheme, information on this is here.

Nomination to a Housing Association property

Durham Key Options works alongside Housing Associations across County Durham and has an arrangement with them to nominate applicants from our housing register for properties which they own. These will be advertised through Durham Key Options in the same way that partner landlords’ properties are.

Further information on which housing associations have properties in County Durham is available on the Durham Key Options website www.durhamkeyoptions.co.uk or on request from a Durham Key Options partner organisation.

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