A new Common Housing Register is set to be introduced shortly by East Ayrshire Council and locally based Registered Social Landlords which will simplify the process of applying for social rented housing within East Ayrshire.

The Single East Ayrshire Register for Community Housing – SEARCH – is a partnership between the Council, Atrium Homes, Cunninghame Housing Association, Irvine Housing Association and Shire Housing Association. The new register will enable people to apply for housing with any of the partners by filling in just one application form. Once applicants are registered with SEARCH, they will become eligible for properties becoming available within each of the partners’ housing stock.


Councillor Jim Buchanan, Spokesperson for Delivering Community Regeneration said: "SEARCH is a great step forward and will greatly improve the application process for local people. We are in the process of writing to all the people on our existing waiting lists to let them know about the register and asking them to provide us with some further information.

"SEARCH will be launched once this process has been completed by all partners. We anticipate that this will be completed by April and at this point we will write to everyone again to let them know they are on the new register."

For further information contact your local housing office or the Council’s Housing Register Team on 01563 554821.

(GK)