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Council tenants

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

Moving in

Here are a few things to remember when moving to your new home.

Paying your rent

Your rent covers the cost of maintaining and managing your home and neighbourhood.

Manage your tenancy

Find out about your tenancy agreement, making improvements and managing your account online.

Estate services

Find out about services to improve and maintain our housing estates.

Repairs

We want you to be safe and secure in your home and will do everything we can to help resolve your problem.

Damp, mould and condensation

Some damp is caused by condensation. This can lead to mould growth.

Tenancy rights and responsibilities

Advice and information about your tenancy including keeping pets, recharging, neglect and fraud.

Housing officer search

Use the Housing Officer Finder to find out who your Housing Officer is.

Moves, transfers and exchanges

Make a request to buy your council home, move out, apply for a transfer or arrange a mutual exchange

Independent living for older residents

Find out about Lewisham Council's housing for over 60s.

Building safety

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

Keeping safe

Information and advice on home security, fire safety and how to keep safe at home.

Antisocial behaviour

If you live in social housing managed by Lewisham Council, you can use our dedicated anti-social behaviour service

Domestic abuse in council housing

Help and advice for council tenants experiencing domestic abuse.

Complaints

This page explains how to make a complaint about Housing Services if you are a Lewisham Council tenant or leaseholder.

Our performance

Find out how we measure our performance and report to the Regulator of Social Housing.

Retrofitting homes

Read our Housing Retrofit Strategy, our plan to improve homes and a central part of our Climate Emergency Action Plan.

Contact us

Find out how you can get in touch if you're a council tenant or leaseholder.
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