Move into a smaller social house
If your social housing property is too big, get support to move into a smaller, more manageable home with the Trading Places scheme.
Rent and service charge balances
If you've made a payment since Friday 12 December it may not show up correctly on your account on the Portal or the balance check by text.
Please bear with us while we fix this technical issue, and contact us by email if you need an accurate statement of your account:
- rent: lh-rent@lewisham.gov.uk
- temporary accommodation rent: TAincome@lewisham.gov.uk
- service charges: hos@lewisham.gov.uk
Who can apply?
You can get help moving to a smaller property if you rent a social housing home and have more bedrooms than you need. This is called under-occupation.
What support you can get
Trading Places can help you with:
- registering for Lewisham Find Your Home to find a new property
- advice for bidding on properties
- moving to another borough
- swapping your home with another social housing tenant
- dealing with landlords
- dealing with housing benefit and welfare advisers
- budgeting and debt advice
- referrals to organisations that can help you find work
- information on housing options outside of London
- house viewings and during your move.
Find out about other housing options available to social housing tenants living in the borough.
Contact
Trading Places
Telephone:
Published on: 09/01/2025