Finding a home
Tower Hamlets is an area where demand is greater than the supply
of affordable housing. Tower Hamlets council's lettings policy
is designed to target the available supply of homes to the people
in most need.
We try to give the best advice to you about your prospects for
housing through Tower Hamlets housing list. The housing list
is managed by Tower Hamlets Council and partner social
landlords.
Whatever your reason for applying to the housing list, it may
take a long time before we are able to offer you a home but we can
also give you information about your other housing options.
We treat each application to join the Tower Hamlets housing list
on its individual merits.
We aim to let at least 30% of available homes to council and
partner landlord tenants. And usually set a target each year for
how many homeless households will be offered permanent housing.
Housing 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
http://www.housingoptions.co.uk/,
where you can find out more about the scheme, download an
application form or apply online.
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