Skip to content

We use cookies on this site

If you don't want to accept cookies, you can change your preferences

Accept Manage cookies
  1. Home
  2. Housing
  3. Finding a home
  4. Council Housing

Elections on 2 May

Elections for the next Mayor of London and London Assembly members, as well as the by-election for Hillrise ward, will take place on Thursday 2 May.

You must now show photo ID when you vote at polling stations. See a full list of accepted forms of ID. You can also apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate in place of photo ID. The deadline to apply for this is 5pm, Wednesday 24 April.

Door icon

Bid for housing

Find out how to bid for council and housing association properties through our Home Connections website and app, and what you need to provide if you are successful.

How to bid on vacant properties

  1. You need to be on the council housing register and have 120 points or more to bid for council and housing association properties. Find out how we allocate housing based on your needs using the points system.
  2. We advertise vacant properties every week on the Home Connections website. Bidding opens on Thursdays and closes Sundays at midnight.
  3. We will let you know what size property you can bid for, and give you a user ID and pin number that you need to bid.

We allocate housing in line with our housing allocation scheme - read the full scheme from the 'useful documents' section. 

Bid for a property

You can bid for properties on the Home Connections website from Thursday until midnight on Sunday every week.

Bid online 

You can also bid through the Home Connection app on your smartphone or tablet.

You may not see recent changes to your points or priority straight away. If you think that your points are incorrect, or you should be able to bid on a property but can't, contact us on 020 7527 4140.

If you have any questions, contact us on rehousing@islington.gov.uk.

What to do if your bid is successful

If you are told that your bid is successful, you must give us the documents we need within 48 hours from when we ask for them. This is so we can check your application.

If you do not give us the documents in time, you will not get the property.

If bid for a property or attend a viewing and we don't contact you within seven days, you have not been successful. We update property details often. You can check the status of the listing to see if your bid was successful.

Documents we need

You must give us these documents within 48 hours of us confirming your successful bid.

  • Proof of identity (ID) for all the people moving in with you - either a birth certificate or passport.

  • Proof that you are still living at the address you applied from – copies of recent official letters, bank statements, utility bills sent to your current home.

We may also ask for proof:

  • that you have been asked to leave your home – a copy of your 'notice seeking possession'

  • of your immigration status.

We may also carry out a home visit.

Refusing a property you have been offered

You can refuse any property you are offered after bidding. You should not accept a property you are offered and then refuse it later as this could get you removed from the housing register.

Numbers of properties in each area of Islington

Use these maps to see the numbers of each type of council and housing association property that exists in the borough. These are not numbers of available properties.

  • Home connections

    Islington's Choice Based Letting Scheme. Bid for housing every Thursday to Sunday. You will need 120 points or more to bid.

  • Change of circumstances

    If you are on the housing register and something has changed, please tell us so we can update your points.

Useful documents

Was this information helpful?



Data protection: We will handle your personal information in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 and in accordance with the council’s Fair Processing Notice.