Property Pool Plus

Annual Data for the year April 2025 to March 2026.

The charts on this page provide an overview of Property Pool Plus scheme data relating to the housing register, property adverts, property bids, and property allocations for the financial year 2025/26.

We hope this information will be useful for people applying for accommodation through the scheme, by providing detail on the availability and demand for accommodation.  

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Table showing the number of choice based lettings properties advertised from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.

Property Size	Halton	Knowsley	Liverpool	Sefton	Wirral
Bedsits	0	0	22	1	8
1 Bed	228	228	506	206	341
2 Bed	258	280	385	254	333
3 Bed	191	168	290	193	135
4 Bed	24	28	14	4	6
5 Bed	3	0	0	1	0
6+ Bed	0	0	1	0	0

Table showing the number of bids per advertised property from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.

Property Size	Halton	Knowsley	Liverpool	Sefton	Wirral
Bedsits	n/a	n/a	179	9	419
1 Bed	170	167	235	208	216
2 Bed	157	124	284	232	134
3 Bed	95	131	284	232	134
4 Bed	148	122	297	185	142
5 Bed	20	n/a	n/a	38	n/a
6 Bed	n/a	n/a	3	n/a	n/a

Table showing the number of property allocations by priority band from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026.

Priority Band	Halton	Knowsley	Liverpool	Sefton	Wirral
BandA	293	496	1,010	492	580
Band B	278	148	158	164	153
Band C	167	21	51	35	80

 

Table showing the breakdown of the housing register by priority band as at 31st March 2025.

Priority Band	Halton	Knowsley	Liverpool	Sefton	Wirral
Band A	348	353	1,832	449	619
Band B	1,052	1,260	6,620	1,576	1,728
Band C	1,139	1,189	6,068	1,357	2,881

 

Table showing the breakdown of the housing register by bedroom need as at 31st March 2025.

Priority Band	Halton	Knowsley	Liverpool	Sefton	Wirral
1 Bed Need	1,179	1,211	5,425	1,461	2,422
2 Bed Need	853	867	3,665	1,006	1,381
3 Bed Need	315	410	2,099	439	741
4 Bed Need	93	128	448	136	236
5 Bed Need	12	2	37	21	9
6 Bed Need	2	0	6	1	3