Who can join the housing register?
If you are over 16 years of age you can apply to join the housing register.

You will need to complete an application form, which can be obtained from the Housing Advice Centre. Alternatively you can visit the Guildford Homechoice website (this page opens in a new window) to download a printable version of the application form. 

The application form enables you to apply for a Council or Housing Association rented home, a low cost home ownership home or both.
Along with your application form you will be asked to provide the following documents:

• Proof of identity for all household members (e.g. passports, birth certificates)
• Proof of current address (e.g. recent gas or electricity bill)
• Evidence of your right to reside in the UK if you are not a British Citizen (e.g. passport and other relevant documents from the Home Office)

Before you are offered a property you will be asked to provide further documents to support your application. We will tell you what documents to provide and when to provide them.

All documents provided must be originals, up to date and valid. For a full list of acceptable documents contact the Housing Advice Centre.

If you do not fill in the application form properly it will be returned to you. Your application will be accepted from the date the fully completed form is received.

If you do not provide us with the documents required your application may be accepted onto the housing register but will not be awarded any priority. Once the documents are received your application will be assessed and placed in the appropriate band from the date the documents were received.

Go to Prioritising Applications for more details on our banding scheme.

Who cannot join the Housing Register?
There are also some people who will not by law be eligible to join the housing register. These are:

• Certain people who are subject to Immigration Control under the 1996 Asylum and Immigration Act
• Certain people from abroad who are not subject to immigration control but who are not habitually resident in the UK, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland
• People (including members of their household) who have been guilty of unacceptable behaviour that makes them unsuitable to be a tenant.

Housing Advice Centre
Guildford Borough Council
Millmead House
Millmead
Guildford
GU2 4BB

Tel: 01483 444244
Email: housingadvice@guildford.gov.uk