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Applying for a home or garage with Your Homes Newcastle is easy.  You simply need to register online with Tyne and Wear Homes.

Tyne and Wear Homes is a partnership between housing organisations in the North East and Your Homes Newcastle are members of this partnership. This means that you can apply for homes right across the region, not just in Newcastle. Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside and South Tyneside Councils, and their respective housing organisations, have joined together to bring you an easier way to access the options available to you.

It is a much easier way to find out about your housing options and apply for a home all in one place. Once you have registered with Tyne and Wear Homes, you can manage your application online through the ‘my account’ section of the site.

When you apply for a home through Your Homes Newcastle, our Housing Options Team will support you to understand what homes are available to you. They will make sure any home you choose is affordable and provide support and training to so you can manage your new home successfully.

Every week we publish a property newsletter with the details of the properties that customers can bid for that week through Tyne and Wear Homes. Bidding is open from 12.01am on Thursday until midnight on Monday.

We also publish a newsletter with the details of properties that are available immediately.

Here’s a view of that one:

  • Contact the Housing Options Team

    Your Homes Newcastle have a dedicated Housing Options team that can help you with your application for a home, should you need any support. Our Housing Options team manages the Allocations and Lettings Policy on behalf of Newcastle City Council applications. This means they manage applications to apply for a homes and garages in Newcastle and how they are allocated.

    To contact the team click here tyneandwearhomes@yhn.org.uk

  • How are homes allocated?

    You must be registered with Tyne and Wear Homes to apply for properties in Newcastle. Properties are allocated based on your housing needs, however we do have some 'available now' properties that are allocated on a first come first serve basis and some age restrictions may apply.

    To find out more on how your housing needs will be assessed, read our full Allocations and Lettings policy.

    Click here to read out full allocations and lettings policy

    In some circumstances additional criteria may also be used in the allocation of properties where a Local Lettings Plan (LLP) is in place. For further details of how these work please click here.

  • Under-occupation rent top-ups
    Are you looking for a new home but worried about how having a spare room could affect your benefits?

    If you’re interested in one of our available properties but put off by the under-occupation charge, we might be able to help you access rent top-ups that will cover the cost of the extra bedroom.

    To be eligible for these rent top-ups, you must sign up for a property that has one bedroom more than you need and be actively looking for work.

    If approved, you will receive the top-ups until you find a job up to a maximum of twelve months. When your top-up ends, you will have to pay the extra rent yourself but we will refer you to our advice and support service to help you prepare for this. Contact us on 0191 277 2020 to find out more.

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