Maine Stays / Councils / Dudley
For Dudley housing officersTemporary accommodation for Dudley, a whole house at a time.
A furnished house with its own kitchen and bathroom, booked by the council for the length of stay it needs.
Placements
How a whole home fits a placement.
Suitability is the council's judgement, guided by chapter 17 of the Homelessness Code of Guidance for Local Authorities. We give officers what they need to make it: the size of the home, its facilities and its safety paperwork, set out plainly.
Where the main housing duty under section 193 applies, a household can wait months for settled housing. A furnished house with its own kitchen makes that wait more like normal life for the family and simpler to manage for the council.
The authority
Placements for Dudley.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is the housing authority for Dudley, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Sedgley, Kingswinford, Netherton and Lye.
The Merry Hill Lounge is a four-bedroom house in Brierley Hill, inside the borough.
The Merry Hill Lounge is a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house in Brierley Hill that sleeps eight, close to Merry Hill and the Waterfront. For a Dudley household that means a whole home inside the borough rather than a move out of area. Like every home, it is offered for a placement only when the standard below is met.
What we provide
The placements we can support.
Tonight
Where a home is free, a same-day placement can be arranged by phone.
This month
A home held for the weeks a household needs while the case moves.
Your teams
Whole houses for people delivering council projects.
Standards
Before a home is offered for a placement.
A home is put forward only when every one of these is in place:
- Its own front door, kitchen and bathroom
- Certificates for gas, electrics and energy that are in date
- A completed fire risk assessment and working detection
- Consents naming council placements from everyone with an interest in the home
- A length of stay the council has agreed
Requests
How a placement request works.
Tell us the household
How many people, the bedrooms and any access needs.
Match a home
Only a home that fits the household is offered.
Written agreement
The council books and the terms are set down.
Stay and review
The length of stay is reviewed as the case moves.
Landlords
Own a home in the Dudley borough?
If you are a landlord in the Dudley borough with a self-contained home, Maine Property Solutions can take it on for council use once the lender, the freeholder and the insurer have agreed.
Questions
Questions officers ask.
Can council staff and contractors book too?
Yes. Council staff, agency teams and contractors working on council projects can book a whole house.
What standard does a home meet before it is offered?
A home is offered for a placement only once its certificates, its fire risk assessment and the written consents are in place.
Can a family with children be placed?
Yes. Family-sized houses with their own kitchen and bathroom are an alternative to bed and breakfast.
How is the length of stay agreed?
With the council before arrival, then reviewed if the household's move-on date changes.
Are placements whole homes or rooms?
Whole, self-contained homes, one household to each home.
Is a placement in your homes inside our district?
Yes. The Merry Hill Lounge is in Brierley Hill, inside the Dudley borough.
Where are the homes for Dudley placements?
The Merry Hill Lounge is a four-bedroom house in Brierley Hill, inside the borough.
Can landlords in the Dudley borough offer homes for placements?
Yes. Maine Property Solutions leases whole homes from landlords for council placements, with the consents a placement needs.
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