Criteria for shared ownership allocation
Applicants for our shared ownership scheme will always be assessed on their immediate need.
Wandsworth Priorities - category of applicants
Priority 1
Wandsworth Council tenants with a recognised medical need or living in overcrowded conditions and having a minimum of 150 points in the transfer queue, decants, essential repair cases, tenants under occupying and homeless persons.
Priority 2
All other Wandsworth Council tenants and tenants of housing associations currently occupying property within the Borough and serving armed forces personnel.
Priority 3
First-time buyers who currently live within the Borough and Wandsworth Shared Owners needing to move to a larger property and keyworker employees including those coming to work in the borough.
Priority 4
Existing Wandsworth Homeowners who need to move, whose household income is less than £60,000 per annum and who cannot afford to buy on the open market. SSA employees and first-time buyers who work in Wandsworth but do not live in the Borough.
Priority 5
Wandsworth Shared Owners without a recognised need to move.
Priority 6
Applicants with a local connection but do not live or work within Borough. Evidence of a local connection will be required.
Bedroom entitlement
For example, a single person or a couple will get a one bed entitlement, whereas a couple with a child will get a two bed entitlement.
It is also possible that couples who are expecting a child may be granted an extra bedroom upon receipt of a valid Mat-B1 form (maternity certificate).
House Purchase Grant
Wandsworth Council Tenants may be entitled to apply for a House Purchase Grant (HPG) to use towards purchasing a shared ownership property.
Contact us
If you need further clarification on our eligibility criteria please contact the Home Ownership team.