Doncaster
- Online Application Form
- Change of Circumstances
- Renewing Applications
- Who can use this service
- How to Use the Service
- Prioritising Applications
- Mutual exchange
- Partners and other Housing Options
- Frequently asked questions
- Arrears from former council tenancies
- Managing the cost of your home
- Appeals and Complaints
- How to contact us
- About Us
- Home Choice leaflets and Booklets
- Site map
Partners and Other Housing Options
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Doncaster Council |
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Telephone Switchboard: 01302 734444 Telephone Community First: 736000 |
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St Leger Homes of Doncaster |
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St Leger Court |
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Housing Options and Homelessness
If you need advice or assistance around Housing Options or Homelessness please click this link to Doncaster Council's website.
Affordable Housing
Plumlife, who is part of Great Places Housing Group, has been appointed by the Homes and Communities Agency, the government body that funds affordable new homes to be its Homebuy Agents for Greater Manchester, Lancashire, andSouth Yorkshire.
A Homebuy Agent is a one stop shop, allowing you to apply for a whole host of schemes and developments regardless of the supplier by completing just one application form. Plumlife will then notify all the Housing Associations within the area(s) you have chosen, that you are looking for a property. The Homebuy form is downloadable from the website link below.
Plumlife is a not-for-profit company specialising in shared and low cost home ownership - as well as, affordable homes to rent now and buy later. Operating as the 'Homebuy brand and Real Help now' trademark, Plumlife is able to help those who cannot afford a property with just a commercially available mortgage to achieve the dream of owning their own home.
If you are interested in affordable housing you can contact Plumlife, your local Homebuy Agent, for more information. The Plumlife sales team will guide you step-by-step through the whole process.
Call their enquiries team on 0161 447 5050 or visit their web site www.plumlife.co.uk
JobMoves
What is JobMoves?
JobMoves is an exciting new government funded initiative helping social tenants in the North of England (North East, Yorkshire & Humber and the North West) designed to remove the obstacles that social tenants might face in taking up the best job available to them. It is a 12 month pilot to provide an advice and support service which liaises between social tenants, potential landlords and mutual exchange schemes in the North to try and secure a housing move for employment reasons.
Who can use the JobMoves scheme?
If you are a Social tenant enduring an excessive commute and have a job offer or apprenticeship placement which is too far to travel from home, you can access the JobMoves service for personalised advice on re-housing options and advocacy and assistance in seeking a new home closer to work.
For more information about the JobMoves scheme please visit their website - www.jobmoves.org.uk or ring the JobMoves advice line 0300 1231802.
Housing Associations
If you are looking to rent a home in Doncaster, you may want to consider renting from a Housing Association.
Housing Associations provide affordable housing in many areas of Doncaster. They build new homes and improve existing properties, mainly for rent.
Some Housing Associations in Doncaster only have properties for elderly or disabled people. Most, however supply a mix of property types, including general needs houses and flats suitable for families, couples or single people.
For more information about the Housing Associations and their contact details please click the following link Housing Association Booklet.
If you want to find out more about a specific Housing Association please click on the relevant link;
English Churches Housing Group
Jephson Housing Association Group
Guinness Northern Counties Housing Association
South Yorkshire Housing Association