Locata


Locata is a choice-based lettings scheme. It allows people who have applied for housing to choose the property and area they would like to move to. PCHA tenants who apply for a transfer to the following areas are automatically put forward for Locata:


  • Barking and Dagenham
  • Barnet
  • Brent
  • Camden
  • Dacorum
  • Ealing
  • Enfield
  • Fulham

  • Hackney
  • Hammersmith
  • Harringey
  • Harrow
  • Havering
  • Hertsmere
  • Hillingdon
  • Hounslow

  • Kensington and Chelsea
  • Newham
  • St Albans
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Waltham Forest
  • Welwyn and Hartfields
  • Westminster



It will not be the Council or Housing Association who will find and allocate a property for you; instead you look for a home using the Locata Home magazine or Locata website: www.locata.org.uk


How does it work?
You will need to apply to your Local Council or Housing Association and they will assess your housing need.


When the assessment is complete, you will be given a band (A, B, C or D) and a priority date. This will give you an idea of what types of homes you are eligible to bid for.

How are properties advertised?
Locata advertises in a fortnightly bulletin sheet. Copies are available in council offices, libraries, community centres, on the Locata website www.locata.org.uk, in every hostel with a move-on policy and at PCHA office at 192 High Road, Willesden. You can also get the bulletin sheet sent to your home. To view Locata Homes Advertisement Cycles for 2008 and 2009 click here


To see answers to Frequently Asked Questions, please click here

More information

If you would like to contact us about choice based lettings through Locata please contact:
Lettings and Allocations
020 8451 8100
lettings&allocations@pcha.org.uk