Bristol

What are my chances of receiving an offer?

The following pages show how many different types of property Bristol City Council and our Housing Association partners own in each area of the city, how many of these became available in the twelve month period from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010, what band the successful applicant was in and the demand for the properties.

This information will enable you to compare your rehousing priority to that of the households who have already been rehoused in your preferred area, giving you an indication of the chances of you receiving an offer of housing.

Bristol City Council owns 28400 properties across the city, and for the period stated above, 2276 became available.  Our partner Housing Associations own 8159*, and, for the same period, 808** properties became available.

Which Housing Associations are included?

The following Housing Associations are included:
Aashyana
Affinity Sutton
Bristol Community Housing Foundation
Brunelcare
Elim
English Churches
Guinness Hermitage
Habinteg
Jephson
Knightstone
Places for People
Redland
Sanctuary
Solon
Sovereign
United

If you would like to contact any of these Housing Associations, please click here

What is a direct offer?

When you look at the information for individual areas, you will see that some of them have details about direct offers underneath them.  A direct offer is where the landlord has offered a vacant property directly to the applicant, without the applicant having to bid for the property.  Direct offers are only made in certain circumstances.  For more information regarding direct offers, please see the HomeChoice Bristol Allocation Scheme which sets out how properties are allocated.  To view a copy, please click here.

What does “Average number of bids by property type” mean?

This tells you how many other people placed a bid for that property type, giving you an indication of the demand for the property.

For information on lets in specific areas, please click on the area name below:

Overview of stock levels and available properties

Shirehampton

Lawrence Weston

Southmead

Henbury

Horfield

Ashley (St Pauls)

Fishponds

Easton

St George

Barton Hill

Stockwood

Knowle

Bedminster

Withywood

Hartcliffe

*The figure of 8159 includes the total stock owned by Knightstone Housing Association, but specific information regarding their stock owned in all areas of the city was unavailable and is therefore not included in this report. 

**The figure of 808 vacancies includes properties owned by Knightstone Housing Association, but specific information regarding their allocations was unavailable and is therefore not included in this report.

To view information about Bristol City Council stock levels and vacancies for 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, please click here.