Private housing
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Affordable housing options
Information about low cost home ownership schemes through First Steps.
Disabled Facilities Grants
The disabled facilities grant scheme provides financial assistance towards the cost of essential adaptation work to make a house fit for a ...
Empty properties
Information about empty residential properties in the borough.
Housing advice
Advice on housing related matters including domestic violence, tenancies, debt advice, welfare benefits, rent and repairs.
Letting your property through the Council
Lettings Waltham Forest provides a property management service to help landlords find tenants.
Lettings Waltham Forest Self-Help Scheme
Help for tenants to move into a private rented property.
Licensing of houses in multiple occupation (HMOs)
Landlords of houses of multiple occupation (with more than two households or tenants) must be licensed by the Council.
Local land charges for personal search
A personal search is an inspection of the local land charges register. It can be carried out by anyone upon payment of the fee.
Local land charges search
Search of official records for information such as registerable charges, improvement grants, tree preservation orders, road schemes, planning ...
Private sector housing
Information about living in the private sector and the Private Sector Leasing Scheme.
