Residents' Charter for Estate Regeneration

Overview

Lewisham Council is committed to tackling the housing crisis and delivering 1,000 new social homes across the borough. The redevelopment of existing council homes is a crucial factor in the commitment to provide residents with improved housing.

In order to ensure that this is delivered sustainably, the council would like to hear your views on the proposed Residents’ Charter and to suggest additional guarantees that the council can make to any resident whose home is due to be improved by Council led redevelopment.

The Lewisham Labour Party 2018 Manifesto pledged to: “Introduce ballots on any estate regeneration scheme that includes replacing existing homes and back this up with a Residents’ Charter that guarantees all residents the right to remain on their estate, and which guarantees an increase in genuinely affordable housing.”

We want to increase the number of genuinely affordable homes in Lewisham. We want to know if you agree with the proposed principles in the Residents' Charter, and if there is anything else we should include.

The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete.

Why your views matter

We want to know your views on the proposed principles in the Residents' Charter, which are guarantees Lewisham Council will make to protect existing communities. We want to know if you agree with the proposed principles in the Residents' Charter, and if there is anything else we should include.  Lewisham Council wants to ensure that Council led development takes place in a sustainable way that delivers much-needed genuinely affordable housing whilst also protecting and benefitting our existing communities.

What happens next

We will now collate the responses, and prepare a report for Lewisham’s Mayor and Cabinet that will set out what everyone has told us they would like to see in a Residents’ Charter.

Based on those responses the report will propose a final version of the Residents’ Charter for the Mayor to agree.