News & Events
Find out what's going on with the Mayor of London’s housing mobility schemes – Seaside & Country Homes and Housing Moves.
We'd love to hear about any important or interesting news you might have concerning social housing, mobility schemes, or the latest tenant issues.
Likewise, if you have an event you'd like us to attend or promote please drop us a line: housingmobility@london.gov.uk.
Interested in moving to the East Village?
The Mayor has secured some of the new social rented homes in the East Village development in Stratford for social tenants from across London. Properties on the site, until recently the Olympic athletes' village, are being advertised on the Housing Moves until the end of July 2013. More information about moving to the East Village.
Interested in moving to another part of the capital?
The Mayor’s Housing Moves pan-London mobility scheme enables social tenants to move to other parts of London. More information about Housing Moves.
Promotional material for landlords can be downloaded below:
Additional opportunities - Do you want to move to sheltered / retirement housing outside London?
Seaside & Country Homes is a very popular scheme and not everyone who applies will be successful. Also, some people want to move to areas not covered by Seaside & Country Homes or are too young to qualify. So we also have a separate arrangement with some leading housing associations that provide social rented properties (mainly studios and one beds, but some two beds) outside London for older social tenants who want to leave the capital.
These differ from Seaside & Country Homes properties in the following ways:
- they are sheltered/retirement housing. These properties are self-contained, with their own front door, but could have communal facilities such as a lounge, guest room, garden and laundry room and are likely to have a resident or visiting scheme manager
- they are not all in seaside or countryside locations.
Also, unlike Seaside & Country Homes, properties are available to people aged 55 and over (rather than 60 and over).
Here is what to do if you are interested in moving to one of these sheltered/retirement properties:
If you are already registered on Seaside & Country Homes Homes please contact the Mayor of London’s Housing Mobility Team by email on housingmobility@london.gov.uk, by phone on 08450 21 20 20, or in writing to Housing Mobility Team, 3rd Floor City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA
If you are not registered on Seaside & Country Homes please contact your landlord and ask them to pass your details on to us. Once we receive them, we'll give you a call.
We will put your name forward to the housing associations. You will then be on a waiting list and the housing associations will contact you direct if a suitable property becomes available. If you are eligible for Seaside & Country Homes and are registered, you will still continue to be considered for that scheme too.