Tenants' Transfer Incentive Scheme

Has your Council home become too big for you? Would you like up to £1,500 to help you move to smaller accommodation?

If you have answered "Yes" to the above questions, then Tandridge may be able to help you.

A fixed incentive payment can be paid at the following rates to those transferring from family-sized general needs accommodation to accommodation designated for older persons or designated for persons over 40 years of age:

• A £1,500 incentive grant to tenants moving to smaller accommodation, plus a £500 disturbance allowance; or
• A £2,000 incentive grant to tenants moving to a low demand property, plus a £500 disturbance allowance.

The disturbance payment is a fixed amount to assist with the reasonable costs of moving home - removals, connection and disconnection of services replacement carpets and curtains etc. The low demand incentive grant will only paid to those tenants moving to a property assessed by the Housing Needs Manager as being in low demand. Low demand properties are generally those properties for which there are no applicants on the Council's lists.

The above payments are subject to budget limits. If there are more requests for transfer incentive grants than there is funding available, the Council will:

• give priority to those moving from accommodation that is more urgently needed; or
• assist with a transfer in the new financial year.

A cheque for the appropriate amount will be given to the tenant when all the keys to the former property are returned to us, the property has been inspected and is in a satisfactory state of repair. The actual amount may be adjusted to take account of any rent arrears or Housing Benefit overpayment.

Eligibility
A Transfer Incentive Grant will be available to those persons who:

• Are currently residing in Tandridge as tenants of the Council and occupy a dwelling suitable for use by a family; and
• qualify, in accordance with the current allocation policy, to occupy accommodation designated for older persons or designated for persons over 40 years of age; and
• agree to transfer to accommodation as described above, and provide vacant possession of their present home.

Ineligibility
A Transfer Incentive Grant will not be available to those persons:

• against whom the Council has commenced legal proceedings;
• are licensees;
• are in rent arrears and where reasonable repayment of the debt cannot be negotiated.

For further information on the Transfer Incentive Scheme and the Transfer Incentive Scheme Policy click on the links below.

• Transfer Incentive Scheme Information Booklet
• Transfer Incentive Scheme Policy