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Contact Details

• Bexley Civic Offices,
  Broadway,
  Bexleyheath,
  Kent DA6 7LB
• Enabling& DevelopmentTeam @bexley.gov.uk
• 020 8294 6491
  020 8294 6492

Useful Links

• South East London Housing Partnership
• Housing Corporation
• Housing Options
• Wheelchair Access Brief
• Bexley's Unitary Development Plan
• Housing for Teachers
• Affordable Housing SPD

Housing Services in Bexley

Enabling and Development

The Council transferred its housing stock in February 1998 but maintains a key role in ensuring that sufficient housing is developed to meet Bexley's needs. The Enabling and Development team plays a strategic role in that it:

• is responsible for liaison with the Housing Corporation, the South East London Housing Partnership, and day-to-day liaison with more than 20 housing associations, monitoring housing association activity and performance across management and development issues,
• is responsible for liaison with Planning and other Council Departments to develop sustainable affordable housing schemes,
• co-ordinates the Housing Associations Capital Programme and bids against the Housing Corporation's National Affordable Housing Programme, and
• develops the Council's commissioning brief (163KB, PDF file), against which housing associations are invited to bid for Council and Housing Corporation funding.

Working with Housing Associations

Housing Associations provide nearly 13,000 homes across Bexley. To find out more, click on the links below:

• HA ownership table - general needs housing for single people and families
• Housing Options - is a gateway to find affordable housing in South East and East London that is available to buy through shared ownership (part buy, part rent) and other affordable housing schemes
• Supporting People - supported housing for people needing housing with support
• Housing for Teachers - rented accomodation for Bexley teachers and other key workers such as social workers and health professionals

Bexley Housing Association Group (BEXHAG) is the liaison forum for consulting housing associations and the Housing Corporation, and working with them on all housing and other strategic issues in Bexley. It aims to:

• promote partnership between housing associations, the Council, service providers and other key agencies
• assist in the creation of safe and sustainable communities, and
• respond to new initiatives in the development and delivery of affordable housing and housing services

Housing Association Development Partners

There are a number of housing association schemes (13KB, PDF file) in development.

If you need any more information on working with housing associations or housing association development, please contact the Enabling and Development team.