Housing in East Cambridgeshire
Housing and homelessness:
East Cambridgeshire District Council transferred its housing stock and the housing register to Hereward Housing in 1993. Go to Hereward Housing's web site to find out more.
However, the Council's Housing Service still has responsibility for the following services:
You may also find the following useful:
Home-Link
Home-Link is a new scheme offering more choice to housing register applicants across East Cambridgeshire and six neighbouring authorities. Home-Link choice based lettings (CBL) offers greater flexibility for applicants allowing them to choose properties from across all authority areas.
If you want to apply for council or housing association homes you should do this through the Home-Link scheme.
Homes are let according to the Council's Allocations Policy - view the policy.
Shared Ownership Housing
If you are interested in part rent, part buy, shared ownership or Homebuy you should first contact the zone agent, Orbit first step. Orbit manage the application process for a range of low cost home ownership and discounted market rent products developed to make home ownership more affordable and help you get a foot on the property ladder, Orbit HomeBuy Agents provide a one stop shop service to people interested in any of the HomeBuy products within Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
For more information and details of how to apply visit www.orbithomebuyagents.co.uk
Housing - finance:
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Housing - waste and recycling:
