Lewisham Council maintains a register of people who want to be housed and rehoused in council-owned or housing association-owned homes in the borough. These pages will help you through the process of finding accommodation.
- In the Housing Act 1996 and the Homelessness Act 2002, the government laid down rules about who can and cannot be considered for rehousing.
- The Council prioritises how properties are allocated according to housing need. If you are not in one of the priority categories of housing need you will need to investigate other housing options, such as the private rented sector.
- Different parts of the borough have different types of property. The numbers of any size and type of property available for letting varies a great deal from location to location.
- The Council operates a choice based letting system 'Lewisham Homesearch' for allocating properties owned by the Council and Housing Associations in Lewisham.
- The Council operates a mutual exchange scheme for tenants of social housing in Lewisham who wish to exchange with another social housing tenant.