Homes for Londoners property search

You can register on the Homes for Londoners search tool via /programmes-strategies/housing-and-land/homes-londoners/search/register.

If you have an account and have forgotten your password you can reset it via /programmes-strategies/housing-and-land/homes-londoners/search/password/reset.

You should follow up your application with the relevant housing association, agent or developer to find out further information. The contact details for the organisation can be found in the property listing.

The eligibility check questions are set by the relevant housing association, agent or developer. The GLA do not hold this data. If you are not eligible for a property but believe you should be, or would like further information, you should contact the relevant organisation. The contact details can be found in the property listing.

London Living Rent is the Mayor’s new product, which has only existed for a short time. Building homes usually takes at least 18 months, so when homes for rent do appear on the website they may initially be small in number. It could therefore take some time before you find something suitable on the website. Housing schemes advertised on the website are likely to be either recently completed or under construction and nearing completion.

Shared ownership is aimed at first time buyers on low to middle incomes, who cannot afford to buy a property on the open market.

A shared ownership home will have a full market value which applicants can buy a share of and pay a regulated rent on the remaining share. The minimum share is 25%, but this can vary across developments.

Shared ownership buyers are expected to have a 10% mortgage deposit of the share being purchased. As they are purchasing a share of a property, it makes the mortgage amount and repayments lower than buying on the open market.

Most of the properties on the website will either be recently completed or under construction and nearing completion. If you have registered your interest in a property and are eligible, you should follow up with the housing association or agent about the build stage of the property to ascertain if you should extend your tenancy.

If you are in housing need you can find social housing by applying through your local authority, who will place you on a waiting list called the housing register. The council will determine your priority on this list using a range of criteria, which can vary from council to council.

On the Homes for Londoners property portal you can find Shared Ownership and London Living Rent housing, alongside Help to Buy and First Dibs properties.

Your local council is responsible for allocating other types of affordable rented housing to people through a waiting list called the housing register. These properties are not listed on this Homes for Londoners property search tool.

Yes, the Mayor operates two mobility schemes to help tenants of London boroughs or housing associations to move homes.

Housing Moves helps tenants move to a home in another London borough. Nearly all councils and many housing associations in London contribute homes to the scheme throughout the year. Properties are advertised on the Housing Moves website and applicants can ‘bid’ for those that they are interested in.

Seaside & Country Homes offers older tenants of London’s councils and housing associations the opportunity to move away from the hustle and bustle of the city. It is open to households where at least one member is age 55 or above. The scheme helps around 150 households to move from London each year to bungalows or flats in desirable seaside and countryside locations.

Local authority and housing association tenants wishing to move homes within their borough should contact their landlord.