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Housing

Advice and information for council tenants, homeowners and private renters.

Council tenants

Find out key information for council tenants including rent enquiries, tenancy matters and communal area repairs.

Council leaseholders

Information for leaseholders about service charges, insurance, and selling your leasehold property.

Have your say on your services

We want to make sure tenants and leaseholders have the opportunity to influence the way services are designed and delivered.

Performance

Find out how we're performing across housing services, repairs, safety, and complaints.

Building safety

We want to make sure everyone in our council homes lives in safe, well-maintained buildings.

Complaints

Find out how to make a complaint about Housing Services if you are a Lewisham Council tenant or leaseholder.

Housing assistance

Getting housing support

Get housing advice, find somewhere to live or get help with homelessness.

Moves and transfers for social housing tenants

Move, exchange or transfer from your social housing home.

Information for social housing tenants

Advice if you're already a social housing tenant

Private tenants and landlords

Find key information on private lettings in Lewisham.

Affordable ways to buy a home

Get advice about buying your own home.

Housing strategy and policies

Information about our housing strategy and policies.

Housing benefit

Housing benefit is a scheme to help people pay their rent to us, a housing association or a private landlord.

Grants and loans to improve your home

Home owners, private tenants and private sector landlords may be eligible for a grant or interest-free loan for home maintenance and other costs.

Partners and duty to refer

If you are a public organisation you can tell us about someone who could be homeless.

No recourse to public funds

Information for social workers and professionals about no recourse to public funds, our procedures, duties and responsibilities.

Empty and derelict properties

Report an empty property or find out how to bring your empty property back into use.
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