Housing

Housing helps meet the Island's affordable housing need, whilst also helping eligible private home owners and vulnerable people to remain in their homes:

• sets Housing Policy on the Island and monitors compliance by all the Housing Authorities
• manages its own stock of over 1,200 public sector properties including allocations, maintenance and dealing with a range of tenancy related issues
• maintains a Register of First Time Buyers and provides financial assistance to First Time Buyers to purchase homes through the Shared Equity Purchase Assistance Schemes
• financially assists vulnerable people on low incomes in acquiring specialist equipment and adaptations to their homes

Please also see our list of housing information and services.