CouncilHousing options – central registration housing service
A new simplified house hunting service developed by the Metropolitan Homes Organisation (MHO) and other East London boroughs in consultation with local housing associations is now available to Tower Hamlets residents.
The aim of the service is to provide a centralised "one-stop-shop" of affordable home ownership and rental properties for applicants who live, work or want to live in the following East London sub-region boroughs:
- Barking and Dagenham
- City
- Hackney
- Havering
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest
The Housing Options service has been designed so applicants will only have to deal with one contact and fill in one application form to access properties from all the different housing associations that operate across the Sub-Region. The schemes that will be available are:
- Shared Ownership - A part buy, part rent scheme
- Homebuy - A 25% ‘equity loan’ towards a home provided by the Housing Association
- Intermediate Rent - Short-term, good quality, private rented accommodation 20%-30% cheaper than conventional private renting.
If you would like to take advantage of the Housing Options service and be registered on one central database for the East London Sub-Region please call 0845 230 8099 or visit the website www.housingoptions.co.uk, where you can find out more about the scheme, download an application form or apply online.
