Annex 1: Indicators of criteria in reasonable preference categories (c) & (d)

Examples of indicators of the criteria that apply to the overcrowding and medical and welfare reasonable preference categories.

Housing authorities may devise their own indicators of the criteria in the reasonable preference categories.

The following list is included for illustrative purposes and to assist housing authorities in this task. It is by no means comprehensive or exhaustive, and housing authorities may have other, local factors to consider and include as indicators of the categories.

Insanitary, overcrowded and unsatisfactory housing conditions

• lacking bathroom or kitchen
• lacking inside WC
• lacking cold or hot water supplies, electricity, gas, or adequate heating
• lack of access to a garden for young children
• sharing living room, kitchen, bathroom/WC
• property in disrepair
• poor internal or external arrangements
• young children in flats above ground floor

People who need to move on medical or welfare grounds (criteria may apply to any member of the household)

• a mental illness or disorder
• a physical or learning disability
• chronic or progressive medical conditions (e.g. MS, HIV/AIDS)
• infirmity due to old age
• the need to give or receive care
• the need to recover from the effects of violence or threats of violence, or physical, emotional or sexual abuse
• ability to fend for self restricted for other reasons
• young people at risk
• people with behavioural difficulties
• need for adapted housing and/or extra facilities, bedroom or bathroom
• need for improved heating (on medical grounds)
• need for sheltered housing (on medical grounds)
• need for ground floor accommodation (on medical grounds)
• need to be near friends/relatives or medical facility on medical grounds
• need to move following hospitalisation or long term care