Electronic data exchange services

Tender description

The Housing Executive operates a Common Waiting List and Common Selection Scheme together in partnership with all of the 22 registered housing associations in Northern Ireland. This provides applicants with a single path into a pool of over 133 000 units of permanent social rented housing in Northern Ireland, whether owned and managed by a registered housing association or the Housing Executive. In this sense it provides a 1 stop shop for applicants. The Housing Executive now wish to procure an internet-based mutual exchange service for a further period of time which will boost the prospect of moving for tenants, particularly those who are overcrowded or under occupied. This could help to make better use of social housing stock, and may become even more important when welfare changes are introduced, particularly the social size criteria for social sector tenants in Northern Ireland. The Housing Executive operates a Common Waiting List and Common Selection Scheme together in partnership with all of the 22 registered housing associations in Northern Ireland. This provides applicants with a single path into a pool of over 133 000 units of permanent social rented housing in Northern Ireland, whether owned and managed by a registered housing association or the Housing Executive. In this sense it provides a 1 stop shop for applicants. The Housing Executive now wish to procure an internet-based mutual exchange service for a further period of time which will boost the prospect of moving for tenants, particularly those who are overcrowded or under occupied. This could help to make better use of social housing stock, and may become even more important when welfare changes are introduced, particularly the social size criteria for social sector tenants in Northern Ireland.