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Welcome to Lewisham Homesearch - The way to look for Council and Housing Association homes of all sizes in the Lewisham Borough.
We aim to give you more choice in deciding where you want to live. Properties that are available for rent will be advertised from Thursday to Sunday each week. Please note that where there is a bank holiday there will be no properties adverts available that week.
You must then tell us which properties you are interested in. This process is known as bidding. You may only bid for a property if your application has been accepted onto our housing register.
The Homesearch newsletter and website gives you information about the council
and housing association properties being advertised in Lewisham.
You will notice that preference is given to some groups for a
percentage of advertised properties.
Homeless or Underoccupying applicants are already given priority for some properties.
In future priority for a number of other properties will also be given to Decants
(households moving for redevelopment), Severe Overcrowding (households overcrowded
by two bedrooms or more) and Move-On Supported Housing (households moving from
supported accommodation). The properties advertised for the preference groups are
selected randomly.
This is to make sure that we allocate properties to all groups in greatest need. If you are
not in the named priority group for a property, you can still bid for it if you are interested,
but if there is also a bid from the named priority group they will be considered first.
Remember that only some properties each week are advertised with a preference group.
There are still plenty of other properties of all sizes, types and across the borough which
do not have priority for a preference group and where bids are considered in order of priority band.
Our website is packed with useful information to help you find you a suitable home. You can use this website to:
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Search for available properties
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Apply for a property
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View results of previous lettings
To find out how to use Lewisham Homesearch including contact details and opening hours click here
If you would like help to use Lewisham Homesearch please contact your local Housing Office.
If you are experiencing problems with making property requests via the website please contact the Lewisham Homesearch Property Request Line on 0845 122 0567, who will be able to place your requests
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