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    For Sale 1 bedroom flat
    Property value £128,000
    Share percent 40%
    Share percent price £51,200

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Keyworkers

There is less funding available for The Government's Keyworker Living Initiative now. A few schemes have been especially earmarked for some frontline public service workers, particularly in the health and education sectors whose services are essential to local communities and who need to live within a reasonable 'travelling to work' distance. The initiative is targeted at those areas like Hampshire where there are clear recruitment and or retention difficulties, linked to the cost of housing.

As well as schemes to buy, we have some to rent too on the Intermediate Rent scheme.

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Who is a keyworker?

Keyworker groups are defined by the government's Department of Communities and Local Government.

To register with us, you must be working in the Hampshire area and from one of these groups:

  • Health workers (NHS staff including Social Workers etc)
  • Teachers, including FE teachers (not private sector)
  • Police officers - 'operational' and 'operational support' staff
  • Prison officers and some Prison Service staff
  • Probation Officers, Senior Probation Officers and Probation Service Officers (Trainee Probation Officers for Intermediate Rent only)
  • Armed Forces Personnel
  • LA Social workers (qualified)
  • Connexions Advisers
  • LA Occupational Therapists
  • LA Educational Psychologists
  • LA Planners & National Park Authority Planners
  • LA Speech & Language Therapists
  • LA employed clinical staff (eg nurses)
  • LA Rehabilitation Officers for the visually impaired
  • Qualified nursery nurses employed by an LEA or NHS
  • Uniformed staff in Fire & Rescue Services
  • Environmental Health Officers/Practitioners
  • Traffic Officer Staff of the Highways Agency Traffic Officer Service

AND employed by one of the following employers:

  • Southampton City Council
  • Portsmouth City Council
  • The Hampshire Constabulary
  • Hampshire County Council
  • Hampshire Probation Service
  • Winchester Prison Service
  • HM Forces
  • A Local Planning authority in Hampshire
  • An NHS Trust in Hampshire
  • Isle of Wight Council
  • Hampshire Fire Service
  • Isle of Wight Fire Service

If you work outside the area, you can still buy a home in Hampshire, but you must complete an application form with the HomeBuy Agent for the area in which you work. Click here for other HomeBuy Agents.

Offers will be offered on a first come/ first served basis. We therefore recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

For more information about keyworkers, contact Swaythling on 023 8062 8004 or email keyworker@swayhs.org.uk.