13 March 2008 08/62
Log on to find a new home - anywhere in the
country!
Council tenants looking to move will be able to broaden their
horizons from 1 April when West Lancashire District Council teams
up with HomeSwapper.co.uk - the UK’s largest web-based community of
social housing tenants looking to swap homes.
Tenants using it can search for homes either near to where they
live or right across the country and it can mean finding a new home
more quickly than waiting on a transfer list.
To find a swap tenants must first register. HomeSwapper then
checks daily for any matches and will send match alerts either by
email or SMS text, should any be found.
Match alerts contain the other tenants contact details to get in
touch with and arrange to view one another’s property. Potential
swappers need to make sure they have the permission of their
landlords.
Any council tenant or tenant of other social landlords can join.
The service is free to tenants of landlords who are HomeSwapper
partners, as West Lancashire District Council will be, otherwise
there is small admin charge to join.
For more information on HomeSwapper go to www.homeswapper.co.uk or
speak to Johanna Moss or Christine Holding in the Council’s Voids
and Allocations Team on 01695 585297 or email them at
Homeswapper@westlancsdc.gov.uk
Councillor Val Hopley, Portfolio Manager for Housing, said:
"HomeSwapper will allow our tenants to look beyond West Lancashire
for the possibility of a new home.
"West Lancashire District Council is happy to join the scheme
and provide our tenants with greater opportunity should they be
looking to move."
Related information
> Housing
> Mutual Exhange Scheme