We provide good quality, affordable accommodation in a wide range of flexible housing options, to meet the ever-changing needs of customers.
If you can’t afford to rent a property privately, you may be able to live in one of our social or affordable rented homes.
Otherwise, this page also includes links to our other types of homes for rent.
Renting a social or affordable home
Contact your local authority and register using their housing application form.
They will assess your needs, looking at things like whether you’re overcrowded where you live now, and taking any medical or social requirements you have into account.
Most local authorities now use a choice-based lettings scheme, which means that available properties are advertised through their website.
You can search for, and bid on, any property you want, giving you much more choice.
Steps to renting a home from us:
- Put your name down on your local authority housing register.
- Use the local authority’s choice-based lettings scheme to look for a suitable home.
- Bid for the home of your choice.
- If you are shortlisted for the property, we will work through a pre-tenancy assessment with you to make sure the home is right for you.
- If you are successful we will offer you the property.
Before moving in we will need your first rent payment in advance.
Click an area on the map below to find out the name of the local authority and link to their website to apply to join their housing register.
Alternatively, the Local Government Association has an A-Z of local authority websites 
.
We want you to move into one of our properties fully prepared to manage your home, and aware of the rights and responsibilities that go with a tenancy. To get you ready, visit our Pathway to your home page.
We’re here to provide homes but there are times when we can’t offer someone a tenancy, even if they’ve successfully bid on a property.
To help those we have to say no to, we can offer the opportunity for them to join our pre-tenancy programme run by social enterprise Your Own Place (YOP).
Other housing for rent that we offer across London and the South of England
We have a variety of properties ranging from 1 bedroom apartments to 3 bedroom family houses in key locations across the South East/West. These well maintained private market rented properties are available to rent on an assured shorthold basis and we offer flexible lengths of tenancies.
We have a dedicated team that specialises in the letting and management of these properties, we offer exceptional customer care and a wide range of services including:
- Comprehensive lettings and management service
- Contract Assistance
- Flexible Tenancies
- Your rights explained
- Full check out and after care service
- Member of a recognised lettings accreditation scheme – National Residential Landlords Association
- Affordability Appraisals
- Fast Track Referencing
- Fully protected deposits
- Comprehensive inventories
Intermediate Rent is around 20% less than what you would be charged if you rented through a private landlord. It’s available through SNG to key workers and others finding it hard to afford market rent prices in London, Hertfordshire and some other counties where we have homes.
To be eligible for a home, you need to meet the following criteria:
- Be working
- Have a gross household income of less than £66,000 per annum to rent a shared apartment, studio, one or two bedroom home
- Have a gross household income of no more than £80,000 per annum to rent a three or more bedroom home.
- Be able to afford 80 per cent of the local market rent without assistance, e.g. Housing Benefit.
For some developments, there may be other criteria such as the borough or council area you currently live or work in.
Before you rent a home with us, we will ask you to complete a financial assessment.
Find out if Intermediate Rent could be for you and browse current properties available .
If you work for the NHS, fire service or police - or you’re a medical student, a teacher, a social worker or other essential role, our dedicated Key worker accommodation could be just what you're looking for.
You’ll find our affordable key worker homes in five locations across the country - Cheltenham, Gloucester, Leicester, Reading and the Isle of Wight.
Our quality and affordable accommodation can save you money and reduce your travel time. And it’s convenient too - with one all-inclusive payment and no deposit or fees.
Browse our Key worker accommodation in the South and West to find out more.
London Living Rent (LLR) offers affordable homes for private rent for middle income earners.
To be eligible for a London Living Rent home, you need to meet essential criteria. A few examples are shown below:
- You must be currently living or working in London. For some homes, you must live or work in the borough or council area of the development.
- Your household income must not exceed £67,000.
- Your household income must meet the minimum income requirement for the home you are interested in.
- You must meet lenders general criteria to obtain mortgage finance.
Visit our sales site for a comprehensive list of eligibility criteria and to find out more about London Living Rent .
SmartRent delivers homes designed specifically for busy urban professionals in secure, well connected purpose built developments at 20% less than market rent.
That means communal spaces and a friendly on-site team who’ll take care of your deliveries, maintenance and more.
Our transparent rental packages are wrapped up in simple secure agreements that offer genuine flexibility and are free from agency fees, service charges and surprise rent rises.
To be eligible for a SmartRent home, you need to meet essential criteria. A few examples include:
- You must be currently living or working in London
- Your household income must not exceed £90,000
- Your salary must be at least 3.5% the rent of the home you are interested in
- You must not own a home in the UK or overseas
Please visit our sales site for a comprehensive list of eligibility criteria, to find out more about SmartRent , and to browse the properties currently available .