Tenancy Referral and Application Form

All referrals will be reviewed by the HTL Service Manager and will be responded to within two working days. There is no right of appeal unless the applicant or referring agency can provide new information which would change the applicant’s ability to sustain a tenancy independently.

Once reviewed, selected applicants will be invited to view the property and a decision will be made regarding a tenancy offer after these viewings.

Please complete this form as thoroughly as possible at the point of referral, as the information provided will be utilised to offer a viewing and a subsequent tenancy. Home Turf Lettings reserves the right to withdraw a tenancy offer if the Referral and Application Form is not fully completed at referral and new information emerges which would have prevented Home Turf Lettings from offering a viewing and/or tenancy.

Working across the South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Bath & North East Somerset areas, Home Turf Lettings provides landlords with a comprehensive and professional lettings and property management service, with a particular focus on an area of the rental market with which landlords have often struggled.

As part of a housing charity, we are experts in the Local Housing Allowance Market. Our team also has a wealth of experience in housing and the private rented sector, so we really do know how to create and maintain successful tenancies for our tenants and landlords.

Following a tenancy offer, we will require the following documentation
to be sent to us within three working days:

  • Proof of Right to Rent. Click Here to see a list of accepted documents
  • Two months’ bank statements for all accounts, including savings accounts, held by all adults in the household
  • Proof of Housing Benefit (if you are currently claiming). This must be your current award letter or UC screen shot
  • Proof of all other benefits received. If these are clearly itemised on your bank statements this is sufficient proof
  • Wage slips, if you are working. Either two monthly wage slips or five weekly wage slips
  • Proof of any debts including any payment arrangements in place
  • Proof of funds for deposit and rent in advance. e.g bank statement or letter or email from the council, Bristol Credit Union or other organisation
  • Copy of any notices served – if applicable
  • Signed and dated Home Turf Lettings Data Consent page of the application form

Application Form

In the case of a joint tenancy, one application form will be required per tenant over the age of eighteen.

Children
If Yes, please provide the following information:
Contact Details
Next of Kin
Employment History
Please include employment details for your current employer. If you are about to change roles, please include your current and future employer. If you are currently unemployed, please leave this section blank. Please include two months payslips (if you are paid monthly) or five weeks payslips (if you are paid weekly)
Housing History
Address One
Address Two
Address Three
Evictions(s)
Anti-social Behaviour
Alcohol or Drugs
Financing your move
Income
Please complete with income details for everyone who will be moving with you.
If you receive Housing Benefit or Universal Credit we will need to see your most recent entitlement letter. We will also need to see proof of other benefits that you currently receive.
Expenditure
Please include all expenditure you expect for your household when living in this property per month. If you budget by week, you should multiply your weekly expenditure by 52 and divide by 12.

In the case of things like clothing, holidays, car repairs etc you should estimate how much you spend on these things normally each year and then divide this figure by 12 to get the monthly cost.

Where a cost does not apply to you, please enter a ‘0’

Debts
Please include all expenditure you expect for your household when living in this property. Please calculate the monthly cost. If you budget by week, you should multiply your weekly expenditure by 52 and divide by 12. This will give you the calendar monthly cost that we need. We have already completed the boxes for the estimated monthly rent and bills costs for the property you are applying for. Please list all debts that anyone moving with you currently owes. Don’t forget to include the total amount you currently spend on repaying debts in your expenditure section. If a repayment plan for debts is not already in place we will expect this to be arranged before being able to offer you a tenancy.
TOTALS
Please kindly note that we will need to see proof of debts including repayment plans

Managing Your Tenancy
Convictions and Arrests
You permit Home Turf Lettings to collate store and share the information contained in this application and obtained as part of our assessment process in line with the Data Consent and sharing form signed as part of your application with us. Where concerns exist about your safety or the safety of others, we may be obliged to inform the relevant authorities without first seeking your permission. I agree that all information provided for this application is true and accurate. I understand that providing false information or failure to disclose information which is relevant to this application will result in my application being rejected or my tenancy being terminated.
I understand DHI’s Confidentiality & Information Sharing agreement and Authorise Home Turf Lettings to receive, keep and share information from the individuals or agencies listed below as applicable. I understand that I am entitled to access information kept about me in usual circumstances.the safety of others, we may be obliged to inform the relevant authorities without first seeking your permission. I agree that all information provided for this application is true and accurate. I understand that providing false information or failure to disclose information which is relevant to this application will result in my application being rejected or my tenancy being terminated.