Southwark Homesearch

To qualify you must:

• Be a council tenant living on Clifton Estate TRA area and in housing need (see below table 1).   
• Need a home of the right size on offer (we are unable to allow downsizers to keep an additional bedroom).
• Not owe the Council more than four weeks rent (or £50 if claiming Housing Benefit) at the point of application and of offer.
• Be registered in bands 1-3 of the Council’s Housing List.

‘Housing Need’ means

• A medical need to move - determined by our medical team.
• Overcrowding caused by authorised members of your household.
• Under-occupation and having a spare bedroom.
• Other priority needs within the Council’s allocation scheme.

Other criteria

• The Council’s priority star system will also apply.
• Relatives of tenants or private tenants of leaseholders will not be considered.
• Households will be prioritised in existing priority bands.
• The order will be determined by tenancy start date (Clifton Estate TRA area) not the date of initial registration.
• If you are registered already, there’s no need to re-register unless your circumstances have changed.

Applying for the homes

• The new homes will be advertised as 1-8 Parish Apartments, 7 Clayton Road, SE15 5JA Local Lettings scheme (See below table 2).
• Your final queue position will be decided anything up to ten days after bidding closes.
• Households with the highest band and longest residence on the Clifton Estate TRA area will have first refusal on the properties.
• The Council’s refusal policy will not apply for homes on these schemes.

Table 1

Table 2 Property details