Housing in East Sussex

Your local housing office

Most housing services around the county are provided through your local district and borough councils:

• Eastbourne Borough Council – Housing
• Hastings Borough Council – Housing
• Lewes District Council – Housing
• Rother District Council – Housing
• Wealden District Council – Housing

Finding a place to live – your options

• Council housing, your right to buy, and council house exchanges
• Housing associations and affordable housing
• Sheltered housing for the elderly
• Council and housing association homes – DirectGov

Housing benefit, advice and tenants associations

• Housing benefit
• Information for tenants
• Residents' and tenants' associations
• Home and neighbourhood – AdviceGuide
  

If you're having trouble staying in your own home

See the housing section of our money advice pages:

• Your money – financial advice
• Keeping your home, evictions and homelessness – DirectGov

Buying, selling or renting your home

• Buying, selling and renting a home – DirectGov
• Getting on the property ladder – DirectGov
• Planning for buying a home – DirectGov
• Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
• Information for landlords

Affordable housing schemes

• Home buying schemes – DirectGov
• Your HomeBuy options
• Your HomeBuy agent – Moat Housing Group
• Schemes for teachers in Eastbourne, Hastings and Hailsham – Czone

Special housing needs, and housing-related schemes

• Homeshare – exchanging your spare room for help at home
• Foundations – home improvements for older and vulnerable people
• Supporting People – supporting independence at home
• Mobility friendly homes
• Homelessness
• Housing and domestic violence