Is your home too big to manage?

We will give you cash to move to a smaller home.

We can offer you:

• highest priority when choosing a new home
• £3,000 for every bedroom you give up if you are above the pension credit age
• £1,000 for every bedroom you give up if you are below the pension credit age
• £2,000 towards removal and decorating costs
• help every step of the way.

What is the Cash Incentive Scheme?

• Cash payments to council tenants with more rooms than they need to help them move to smaller properties more suitable to their needs.
• This helps us to reduce the number of people living in overcrowded accommodation or temporary homes, who are in desperate need of a larger home.

Why move?

• Your children have grown up and moved away
• You want to move closer to friends or family
• You have difficulty using the stairs or would like cheaper utility bills
• You want to move out of London - click here to find out more about the Seaside and Country Homes Scheme.

Overcrowding in London

• Did you know that over 1,000 households in Westminster are living in overcrowded accommodation?
• The effects of overcrowding are felt most by children and young people and can be damaging to their health and education
• Overcrowded housing in London is on the rise and we urgently need family sized council or housing association properties

What next?

• Call 020 7641 1000 (ask for Steve Payne, Cash Incentive Officer)
• Email hoscustomerservices@cwh.org.uk
• Visit your local estate office
• Visit the Housing Options Service at 101 Orchardson Street, London, NW8 8EA
• Contact a Cash Incentive Officer
  
  




Publications

 

• Cash Incentive Scheme (312 kb)

  Money to move to a smaller property for

• Seaside and Country Homes (112 kb)

  The Seaside and Country Homes scheme offers housing opportunities outside London.

Forms

• Housing Application Form (868 kb)

  Use this form to apply for housing with Westminster Council