Home Choice Plus

Wyre Forest District Council is changing the system used for social housing applications.

If you are seeking housing in Wyre Forest District area, you must re-register onto https://www.wyreforesthomechoice.org.uk/

Properties are due to be advertised on the new system from 31st March 2026. Properties will not be advertised on Home Choice Plus for Wyre Forest area after 24th March 2026.

If you register by 31st March 2026 and your circumstances are unchanged, you will retain your banding and band start date.  

Please note that there are approximately 3,000 Wyre Forest applicants. If you do not re-register as soon as possible we can’t guarantee your account will be active for the 1st April 2026.

This does not affect Stratford or Bromsgrove applicants.

Stratford Council is working towards a new housing register and choice based lettings system covering Stratford District only. The Council’s draft Housing Allocations Policy is open for consultation that will close at 4pm on Tuesday 3 March 2026.

Website link here with more information and documentation: Social Housing Allocations Policy Consultation | Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Survey weblink here: Housing Allocation Policy Consultation

Bromsgrove Council is working towards a new Housing Register and Choice Based Lettings System covering Bromsgrove District only. The Council’s draft Housing Allocations Policy is open for consultation that will close at midnight on Wednesday 14th January 2026.

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BDCHousingAllocation2026/

From Spring 2026 the Home Choice Plus Partnership will no longer exist. The three local authority partners - Bromsgrove, Stratford on Avon and Wyre Forest - will be implementing stand alone housing register policies and systems individually. You do not need to do anything at the moment, but we will be contacting you with more information about this in the New Year.

For Wyre Forest District Council, a new policy and system will be in place from April 2026 and the Council will contact you by email with more information and about how to reregister in the new year. Please make sure your email address is up to date on Home Choice Plus. 

After the Christmas and New Year period, Home Choice Plus has returned to its usual weekly bidding cycle.

The cycle runs from just after midnight on a Tuesday and ends at midnight the following Monday night.

Remember that you don't have to bid as soon as the cycle goes live - your position for any property you place a bid on will depend on your banding and band start date. When you place the bid is not taken into account.

Any questions about your application, please get in touch with the local authority or its agent dealing with your application.