Housing Needs delivers a variety of services to our residents to help relief and prevent homelessness.

This role focuses on procuring private accommodations to support other departments and residents. The role reports to the Private Sector Lettings Senior Officer. 

Job Purpose: To lead on securing through individual negotiations a supply of private rented accommodation at affordable renting levels to use to meet housing needs.

The post holder will authorise payments and ensure supply by negotiating rents and offering payments from the homelessness prevention fund to secure properties for a range of customer groups, including homelessness prevention and relief cases, move on from supported housing and move on from temporary accommodation. To provide the necessary support for prospective tenants to enable them to start their tenancy.