Welcome to the housing pages of our website

Kensington and Chelsea is one of the most popular and expensive places to live in the UK. We have developed these pages to provide you with the best possible advice on the housing options available.

What's new?

Changes to benefits

The Government is making major changes to benefits. One change is a limit on the amount of benefit that people aged 16 to 64 can get. This is called a benefit cap. The benefit cap means that people should not get more in benefit payments than the average wage paid to people in work. It is due to be introduced in Kensington and Chelsea from August 2013. There is more information on the Advice and Benefits pages of our website.

If you are a council or housing association tenant and have one or more 'spare' bedrooms, your Housing Benefit may be reduced. For more information download a copy of our Housing factsheet Changes to Housing Benefit: spare bedroom restrictions from the link on the right.

Our Housing and employment pages give you information about the support available to help you to find work or training.

Interested in shared ownership?

Catalyst Homes has 12, one-bedroom apartments available for shared ownership. Kingsgate Apartments are located on King's Road in Chelsea. Prices start at £126,500 for a 25 per cent share.

Find out more at the launch event on Saturday 22 June from 10am to 3pm at The Gallery Room, Bluebird Chelsea, 350 King's Road, SW3. Call Catalyst on 0845 601 7729 for more information or visit Catalyst's website.

You must live or work in the borough to be eligible and terms and conditions apply. Visit our affordable housing pages for information on shared ownership.

Public Consultation: Allocation Scheme and Tenancy Policy

We are proposing changes to our Allocation Scheme and the adoption of a new Tenancy Policy. The consultation period will last for 12 weeks, ending on 5 July 2013. Read more about our proposals and how you can give us your views.

Housing Strategy 2013 to 2017

The Royal Borough's Housing Strategy sets out how we want to improve the quality of accommodation in the borough and the lives of the people who live here. It explains how we will manage resources, develop and regenerate housing, enable residents to make informed choices about their housing options, support vulnerable residents and enable people in social housing to access employment and training.

Download a leaflet summarising the main points of the Housing Strategy [PDF] (file size 270Kb)

Download a copy of the full Housing Strategy [PDF] (warning: large file size 1.25Mb)

Online housing self-assessment form

We have developed an online housing self-assessment form, to help you understand your likelihood of being housed and to provide you with some advice and information. Click here to start the assessment.