Locata
You can bid online for Ealing housing through Locata. Once your application has been assessed, you will be issued with a priority band and priority date.
Locata is a company set up to work with various London boroughs and housing associations to match people to homes. It uses a choice-based lettings scheme which means it will not be the council or housing association who find and allocate you a home - you will become a member of Locata and actively search for a home yourself.
Available properties are advertised in LocataHOME. You can place a bid to show interest on a property. Once the bidding time closes, a shortlist of bidders will be drawn up in order of priority band and priority date. Anyone in a higher priority band will place higher than you on the shortlist. As your priority date becomes older, you will generally start to rank better positions on the shortlist compared to others in the same priority band. Your shortlist position will also depend on how many other bidders the property attracts.