Elmbridge Housing Services

Elmbridge Housing Services works in partnership with a range of agencies to meet local housing needs. This page introduces the main functions provided by the Council's Housing Service.

Elmbridge Borough Council no longer provides council housing. All houses owned by the Council were transferred in March 2000 to Elmbridge Housing Trust (EHT). |If you are a tenant of EHT and have any queries about your home or tenancy please contact them directly. If you want to move you may be able to be placed on the Elmbridge Housing Trust transfer register and you can also apply to join the Elmbridge Borough Council Housing Register to move.

|SEARCH Moves - Choice Based Lettings Choice Based Lettings Scheme (CBL) - SEARCH Moves
Information about the SEARCH Moves Choice Based Lettings Scheme (CBL)

|Care and Repair Elmbridge
Care and Repair Elmbridge services for the vulnerable and elderly including the Handyperson service.

|image of piggy bankHousing Benefit
If you have a low income you may qualify for help to pay all or part of your rent and council tax bill.

|Image of Dukes Head Housing Options Unit
Information and advice for those with housing difficulties or who find themselves homeless, as well as the Housing Register - to access accommodation with Housing Accommodations and the Rent Deposit Scheme.

|Options for older people
These pages carry details of a guide to housing options for older people in Elmbridge which provides information and advice on moving home, staying put and useful contacts. The pages also carry details of a strategic review of housing for older people in Elmbridge which was completed in 2009.

|Private Sector Housing
Offer a range of services for landlords, tenants and owner occupiers of private sector housing, as well as advice to all householders on how to make their homes more energy-efficient and to cut their bills at the same time.

|Image of Dover Place housing Homebuy / Shared Ownership Schemes
Information and advice about Homebuy, Shared Ownership and key worker housing.

|Strategies and Policies
Details on the Council's Housing & Homelessness Strategy along with information and advice relating to the development of affordable housing in Elmbridge which may be of interest to house builders and housing associations.

testHousing Emergency Duty Team Out of Office Hours
The Emergency Duty Team operates from 5.00 pm to 9.00 am on Monday to Friday, 365 days a year, and also operates for 24 hours at weekends and on Public Holidays. Telephone: 01483 517898 Fax: 01483 517895


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