Redbridge
London Borough of Redbridge - ELLC
Redbridge Homes 4 U - changes to how you bid for housing in Redbridge
From July 2025, Redbridge Council is moving to a new Choice Based Lettings platform and this will change the way you can bid for properties within Redbridge.
Redbridge Homes 4 U will make management of the limited supply of social housing properties easier to advertise and allocate.
We need your help
If you have a current live application on the ELLC Choice Homes housing register, you will need to re-register on the new system before Friday 18th July 2025 to continue to bid on properties. Your place on the ELLC Choice Homes register will be carried over to the new Redbridge Homes 4 U register.
If you do not register by Friday 18th July 2025, you will not be able to bid for social housing in Redbridge, which may impact your waiting time.
You can continue to bid for homes on the ELLC Choice Homes website until this date.
Please visit Let's Talk Redbridge for more information, including help and guidance on how to apply.
Welcome to the Redbridge page on the East London Lettings company website
To Apply to join the Redbridge Housing Register Click Here
If you are applying to join the Redbridge Housing Register waiting list before you apply please see the full Housing Allocation Policy 2017
Bidding for properties
Only bid for properties that you are willing to accept. In line with the Housing Allocation Policy 2017 - the council will apply a one offer only policy, you will receive one offer of a suitable property following a successful bid or direct match, if you refuse the offer then your application will be downgraded to a lower banding for 12 months, after which time you can reapply and your case will be assessed as a New Application.
Where can I find out what properties are available?
Properties are advertised every Friday on the East London Lettings Company (ELLC) website you can view available properties in a number of ways:
- Through the CHUK website where property information can be viewed for customer use at home, in libraries and on smart phones at http://www.ellcchoicehomes.org.uk/
- A downloadable document which contains details of all the properties will be available on the ELLC website for customers to print off if they would prefer not to view on screen.
- Customers can use kiosks sited in the Customer Contact Centre, Orchard Housing Office and Hyleford Hostel both to view properties and to bid
Contact Us
For further support call us on 020 8708 4002 or 020 8708 4003. To visit the Redbridge website click here - this will open a new window. If you know of an empty property please call 020 8708 7649
Applying for Housing
If you are applying to join the Redbridge Housing Register waiting list, please complete the form here
Where can I find out what properties are available?
Properties are advertised every Friday on the East London Lettings Company (ELLC) website you can view available properties in a number of ways:
- Through the CHUK website where property information can be viewed for customer use at home, in libraries and on smart phones at http://www.ellcchoicehomes.org.uk/
- A downloadable document which contains details of all the properties will be available on the ELLC website for customers to print off if they would prefer not to view on screen.
- Customers can use kiosks sited in the Housing Advice Centre, Orchard Housing Office and Hyleford Hostel both to view properties and to bid - We will print off copies of the downloadable document on request at the Housing Advice Centre and Orchard Housing Office
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Allocations Policy
When bidding closes the system will sort bids by the applicant's effective date which is the applicant waiting longest for a particular size and type of property. It will then identify the applicant with the greatest housing need. The order is those with Additional Preference and then those with Reasonable preference and finally those who have no Reasonable Preference.