Choice Based Letting is a way that you can express your interest in renting a suitable council property in your preferred area. A ‘suitable’ property is one that you have chosen to express an interest in and that matches your housing needs as determined by Kilkenny County Council.

Please note that only those applicant households that have expressed an interest in a bid dwelling under Choice Based Letting and whose household composition suits the property type will be considered.

You will need to log in every week in order to check what properties are being advertised in that week. Access to CBL will also be provided (for those who don’t have internet access) in your local library branch or in the Housing Office at Johns Green House, Kilkenny during opening hours.

To be eligible for CBL you must be an approved applicant on Kilkenny County Council’s housing list.

There will be a range of residential properties available. They will be advertised on the CBL website cbl.kilkennycoco.ie. Kilkenny County Council will keep the list of available properties up-to-date but you will need to check it every week.

Please note that most available properties will be advertised on CBL. However, dwellings designated for the accommodation of older persons, for physically disabled persons and other dwellings that may be required due to exceptional or necessary circumstances will not be allocated through CBL.

If there is more than one household interested in letting the property that you are interested in, Kilkenny County Council will decide which household is allocated the property. When deciding this, we will take account of factors such as:

• your waiting time on Kilkenny County Council’s waiting list
• your family size
• the type of property needed
• your category of need under the Scheme of Letting Priorities and
• good Estate Management

You must place an expression of interest on the property online. Note Kilkenny County Council will only contact the successful applicant. Please note that contact made by Kilkenny County Council with the applicant it is considering for an allocation under Choice Based Letting does not constitute an official offer of housing. In addition, the Housing Application will have to be fully reviewed and will have to pass the mandatory Garda Vetting procedures.

If you don’t have access to the internet you are welcome to visit the Housing Office at Johns Green House or your local library branch to use the internet to access the website.

Yes, your application for housing will be closed as you will be adequately housed.

Yes – as long as you remain eligible for a transfer.

No. Allocations are made in accordance with the Scheme of Letting Priorities

If there is more than one household interested in letting the property that you are interested in, we will decide which household is allocated the property. When deciding this, we will take account of factors such as:

• your waiting time on Kilkenny County Council’s waiting list
• your family size
• the type of property needed
• your category of need under the Scheme of Letting Priorities and
• good estate management

Your time will remain the same. However, if you do not express interest in a property or in properties online, you will not be considered for them. As most properties will be on Choice Based Letting going forward, you will miss out on being considered for them if you do not place your interest online.

IF YOU REFUSE AN OFFER YOU WILL BE SUSPENDED FROM THE CHOICE BASED LETTING SYSTEM FOR 1 YEAR!!

1. BEFORE YOU BID ENSURE YOU KNOW THE LOCATION - TAKE A TRIP BEFORE YOU HIT THE CHECK OUT BUTTON
2. ENSURE IF ITS NOT IN ONE OF YOUR 3 AREAS OF CHOICE YOU ARE WILLING TO MOVE TO THE LOCATION
3. CHECK EDUCATIONAL PLACES AND MEDICAL FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE AREA

THE DECISION IS ALWAYS YOURS AS THE APPLICANT. 

A demo can be shown to you by a member of the housing staff in the Johns Green Office or at your local library branch.

You can place one expression of interest per property advertised.

All properties are live on the system for one week from Tuesday until midnight on the following Monday. You can bid or remove your expression of interest at any time within this period. However, once the period has passed you cannot withdraw your bid.

No. You will have to express interest online again if you have an active social housing support application.

Please note that Kilkenny County Council reserves the right not to allocate a bid dwelling under Choice Based Letting to applicant households in a given week and reserves the right to re-advertise the bid dwelling again in another time period.

You will not be considered for the allocation of that dwelling if you have not expressed an interest in it during the relevant time period.

Please note that Kilkenny County Council does not accept responsibility for applicant households who miss the deadline to express their interest in a property under Choice Based Letting.

Please note that details of individual household applicants for a bid dwelling under Choice Based Letting will not be available for public release in accordance with Data Protection requirements.

A properties update category will be available to you on cbl.kilkennycoco.ie to confirm at what stage in the allocation process the property is at, i.e. has it been allocated or still in the allocation process.

Before the CBL period ends you can check your submitted properties tab, if the property appears then you have successfully checked out the property and will be included for consideration when the property is being allocated. Once the period ends you can view the Properties Update tab to see at what stage of the allocation process the property is at.

If the property does not appear in your submitted properties tab during the CBL period then you may not have checked out the property fully. You should check your basket and see if the property is there. If it is then it needs to be checked out fully. If it is not there then you have not selected this property at all. You must go to the list of available properties tab and begin the selection process again.