Moving because your home is being demolished

If you are a council or partner landlord tenant, and your landlord makes a decision that you have to move for works to take place or because your home is being demolished, this process is known as ‘decanting’.

When this happens, we will do our best to ensure that you and your family are re-housed to a home that you will be happy in.

Your landlord will usually talk to you about all the re-housing options available to you and your family before you need to decant your home. Some decant schemes may involve new homes being built. Others may involve the right to return to your old home once works have finished.

Whatever the options, we will try to help you make an informed decision about the best choices for you and your family.

If you own a home in a block that is to be decanted it is unlikely that you will be offered housing by the council or a partner landlord. You will be offered advice about the other options available to you.

Contact us & further information

For more information you can contact the council’s lettings team here. See also the council’s housing contacts page.

You can find out more about the council’s partner landlords, including how to contact them, at the Tower Hamlets home seekers` website.