The housing register

Housing Online and Bid for a Home IT system essential maintenance

Housing Online and Bid for a Home and auto-bid will be unavailable from 9am on Thursday 25 May due to essential IT systems maintenance.

We apologise for the inconvenience this will cause. We will update this message as soon as we know when this work will be completed.

Contents:

  1. About the housing register
  2. Who can apply?
  3. Who should not apply?
  4. Housing Register waiting times
  5. Medical assessment
  6. Supporting evidence you will need to apply
  7. How to upload your supporting evidence
  8. What happens after you apply
  9. Apply to be on the housing register

About the housing register

The housing register is the list of people who qualify for council housing and are waiting to be offered a property. There are currently around 3,000 people waiting for housing in Hammersmith & Fulham.

We can't offer a home to everybody who applies for housing so only applicants with high levels of identified housing need will be accepted onto the housing register.

Our Housing Strategy (pdf)  and Housing Allocations Scheme aim to ensure that households with the greatest and the most pressing need for housing get housed. Due to a shortage in housing, it can take up to 10 years for you to be offered a place.

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