We welcome applicants from a wide range of persons over the age of 16 years who are resident in the United Kingdom, such as those:

• In great need – caused by personal housing problems.
• On modest incomes working in Cardiff.
• Actively involved in supporting community activities.
• Who can handle responsibility and can conduct a tenancy reasonably and sensibly.

For more information on housing in Cardiff please visit: www.cardiffhousing.co.uk

Community Living - Our Inclusive Approach To Letting Our Homes

Community Living is our inclusive approach to the letting of our homes. Communities should be places where people want to live, where people choose to live. We want our tenants to live in homes which are part, not set apart, from their local communities. We want to develop and support communities by taking an inclusive approach to lettings and widening choice. A key ingredient of Community Living is encouraging and recognising the potential contribution individual members of the community can make to achievement of this aim. Accordingly, points can be awarded to reflect this contribution.

As part of our efforts to encourage community development, some or our lettings will be made only to applicants who can satisfy one or more of our Community Living points criteria, such as:

• Working in the city.
• Showing you are helping or supporting your local community.
• Simply by showing that you have conducted your tenancy reasonably and sensibly.

This applies not only to re-lets, but to particular new schemes as well.

What Does Helping my Community Mean?

A key ingredient of Community Living is encouraging community development and recognising the potential contribution individual members of the community can make to achievement of this aim. Points can be awarded to reflect this contribution.

For instance, points could be awarded if you can show, to the satisfaction of CCHA, that you are voluntarily helping a group or organisation tackling issues such as community development, social inclusion and community support. For example:

• Participation in local community action groups.
• Provision of voluntary services/support (e.g. care for the elderly).
• Helping to run local community facilities or local groups.