of LRHA homes go to households with a local village connection
communities across Leicestershire
rental homes
homes for shared ownership
How to apply and local connection criteria
Your local authority's choice-based lettings system gives you the opportunity to bid for homes that match your needs. Bidding does not involve money, it just means that you’re telling the local authority that you’re interested in a particular home and want to be considered for it.
Most of the homes we provide are subject to 'Section 106' planning agreements, which ensures that affordable homes are prioritised for local people.
This means you will normally need to have at least one of the following connections:
- live in the village
- work in the village
- previously lived in the village
- have close relatives living in the village.
Each affordable housing scheme has an individual Section 106 agreement, which specifies how long the local connection must be (for example, lived in the village for at least three years).
If you're interested in applying for a new home, you will need to be registered with the local authority’s choice-based lettings scheme to bid for available properties.
See below for how to register with your local authority.
When a suitable home becomes available in your village, you will be able to bid for it.
Once bidding closes, the council will provide us with a prioritised list of applicants. We will then interview the applicant(s) in their own home.
Sorry, you can’t apply directly to us for a home.
All new homes are allocated through the local authority’s housing system.
Please register with the local authority’s choice-based lettings scheme to bid for available homes.
Once bidding closes, the council will provide us with a prioritised list of applicants. We will then interview the applicant(s) in their own home.
You can find out how to register with your local authority on their website:
We have homes in villages across rural Leicestershire.
You can see a list of all the villages where we have affordable homes to rent. This is a list of all the locations where we have homes, not a list of currently available homes.