Your eligibility for housing in Northern Ireland and your housing needs will be assessed in the same way as any other applicant.  However as the Housing Executive cannot carry out a visit, you will need to complete the Housing Transfer application and Self Assessment form.

Please view our How to Apply for Housing page.

The Statutory House Sales Scheme for Housing Associations in Northern Ireland closed in 2022. This reflects the Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly on 30 June 2020 and given Royal Assent on 28 August 2020.The scheme is now permanently and completely closed for Housing Associations and no new applications can be made to the House Sales Scheme.

All tenants who wish to keep a pet should request written permission from their housing officer.

If Woven receives a complaint about your pet you may be in breach of your tenancy agreement.

Yes. As a tenant of a housing association you can swap home with another tenant either of the same association, another housing association, or  NIHE, a  local authority or council.

Your Housing Officer will consider the request and carry out an inspection of your tenancy before liaising with the other landlord to consider the request.  Requests would normally be approved unless your Housing Officer has good reason not to do so.  For example, a request that would lead to a home being overcrowded would not be approved.

You can also advertise online at www.homeswapper.co.uk

We send rent statements to all tenants every six months, you can also request a statement at any time by contacting your Housing Officer. Telephone our offices on 028 9042 7211 (Holywood office) or 028 7136 0015 (North West office). To get in touch and request a statement to be sent to you - Click Here

You will usually be able to apply for housing if you are over 18 and have local connection to Northern Ireland. Habinteg allocates all its permanent housing from the Common Selection Scheme, devised by the Department for Communities (DfC). For detailed information regarding this process, you should download the booklet - Housing Selection Scheme.

To register on the waiting list for housing, you can call the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) on 03448 920 900 and complete an application over the telephone. You can also download an application form - HERE - complete and return to your local NIHE Office (find your nearest office -HERE). You will be contacted to complete an assessment.

The single application form means that your application will be considered by all social landlords in your preferred areas of choice.  It will also allow you to apply for sheltered housing and specialised accommodation.

If you think you are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless you should contact the NIHE as soon as possible on the number given above.  Homelessness is dealt with through the NIHE Area Offices or, in the case of Belfast, through the NIHE dedicated Homelessness Services Unit. 

You must give 4 weeks notice in writing.

You can download a Termination of Tenancy from HERE. Print, complete and return to our offices or attach to an email and send to info@woven.co.uk (please make sure you include your forwarding address and date of termination).

When a tenant chooses to leave a property, members of our Team will visit to highlight the condition in which we expect the property to be returned. Properties during change of tenancy are subject to strict Letting Standards. Please note when leaving a property, tenants will be asked to rectify issues with the property or be liable to face charges where Lettings Standards are not met.