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Pinpoint
The Manchester City Region CBL Service
Pinpoint-How it works
What is it?
Pinpoint is a Choice Based lettings Service which provides access to social housing across the whole of Greater Manchester.
It provides more choice in selecting a home and offers you greater opportunity in deciding where you want to live.
Pinpoint is a partnership between the 9 Greater Manchester Local Authorities and 13 Housing Associations.
You register just once with your local authority and this registration enables access to Pinpoint properties across Greater Manchester, you will not have to register with every local authority. You can still express interest in properties in your local scheme; expressing interest in Pinpoint properties gives you an additional choice.
Available properties are advertised on our dedicated website.
www.pinpoint.org.uk
How do I register?
You will need to register with one of the Pinpoint partners. This should be your current landlord or local housing association. This registration will mean you can apply for one Pinpoint property each week as well as the properties available through your local scheme.
Bolton Bury Manchester Oldham Rochdale Salford Stockport Trafford Wigan
Where are the properties advertised?
Available properties will be advertised through the Pinpoint website www.pinpoint.org.uk from all over Greater Manchester.
How do I apply for a property?
Look through the available properties on the website. When you find one you are interested in, we suggest you know or visit the area before expressing an interest and check to make sure you meet the criteria for that property. Criteria may be for a family or a single person or other household make up. You will be asked to confirm your household make up when you apply for the property. If you don't meet the criteria it will be rejected, as your details will be confirmed later that day against information you have provided to one of our partners.
How do you decide who is successful?
When you express interest in a property, a list is created of everyone who is interested in that home. This list is based on the date you registered with one of our partners to be re-housed. The person with the earliest registration date is the person who is likely to be offered the property. However the landlord will still carry out checks and references.
How do I know if I will be offered a property I have applied for?
The landlord for that property will contact you by telephone or letter making an initial offer of the propery. You will be able to view before you accept it. We will also publish on the website the results of expressions of interest for all the Pinpoint properties advertised.
What checks are made and what references do I need?
The landlord will advise you what they need from you before they confirm the property is definitely yours. This could include a reference from your landlord or employer, housing benifit form or other details.
Our Partners