More choice for working households
Earn the home you deserve!
Work has many rewards - including giving homeseekers more housing choice.
If you earn a certain amount you may be able afford to buy your own home. Modern low-cost home ownership schemes - including 'try before you buy' renting - bring this option within reach of many more people.
Private renting is also an attractive option for working people - a regular income opens up more areas and more property types.
Higher priority
You'll also get a higher priority for rehousing for many of the homes available from the City Council and other not-for-profit landlords in Manchester.
Our rehousing policy rewards people who make a contribution to the community and help the city's economy by working. You can go in a higher rehousing priority band, and get a better chance of a home, if anyone in your household works 16 hours a week or more.
Working households who qualify for a higher rehousing band like this can also get first choice for certain properties that are advertised through the workingXtra scheme. Look out for the workingXtra link on the Manchester Homefinder website.
Don't miss out
If you did not qualify as a working household when you first registered for rehousing, but think you do now, you can apply for a higher rehousing priority on the Homefinder website to improve your chance of a home.
If you're not working you're missing out on all these extra options. Find out how to improve your prospects of work, and how to get trained-up for work, with the council's Helping Hand advice.
