• To help meet the housing needs of households across the Homes 4 Wiltshire area, in the most effective way.
• To maximise housing opportunities for households across Wiltshire by eliminating artificial boundaries, at the same time promoting the principle of creating sustainable communities by reducing areas with concentrations of households with high needs.
• To meet the statutory requirements of the Local Authorities, whilst working genuinely in partnership with the partner landlords to deliver a common vision for a fair and accessible service.
• To have a Common Housing Register
• To provide a simple to use, customer-friendly lettings service for affordable housing vacancies in the County.
• To set up joint services which will improve the experience for our customers and simplify the application process.
• To widen the choice of properties for customers beyond the current district boundaries and provide seamless access to one housing register across Wiltshire.
• To give preference to those with a local connection to Wiltshire.
• To simplify processes and procedures for landlord organisations advertising their vacancies so that it does not matter which part of Wiltshire a home is located in the procedures and lettings policy will be the same.
• To take full advantage of the economies of scale available through joint commissioning and procurement of services to generate savings.