Moving to smaller home

There is a shortage of family-sized accommodation in Tower Hamlets. Therefore we give a high priority on the housing list to those tenants who move to smaller accommodation, giving up at least one bedroom.

You can apply for any size of property and you will be given the priority to move as long as you give up at least one bedroom. If you live in a home with three bedrooms and you are assessed as needing one bedroom, you will get priority if you apply for a home with one or two bedrooms.

The greater the number of bedrooms you give up, the higher your priority to move.

Furthermore, if you are a council tenant and your move has been supported by the council and you give up at least one bedroom, the council will be able to help you with moving expenses through the moving to a smaller home scheme.

Further 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.