Homebuy

Although, you can't buy the property you rent from Harding, you can apply to the Homebuy scheme. The scheme is very simple. You find a home on the open market and pay for 75% of it - Homebuy provides the other 25% - repayable when you sell. The scheme is run by one Housing Association in each borough, not Harding, but all Harding tenants can apply. To find out which Housing Association runs the scheme in your area, e-mail customer_services@hardinghousing.org.uk.

Larger to Smaller Incentive Scheme

When your family grows up and moves out you could be left living in a property which has 3 or 4 bedrooms but you only use one of them. In order to try to keep as many people housed as possible, we offer a generous incentive scheme for people in this situation to move to a smaller home and allow the family home to be used by a family again. If you are in this position and interested in finding out more, please contact your tenancy management officer who will be able to give you more details. This scheme is subject to budget availability. Contact housing management or call 8871 3260 x 165.

Exchanges

Tenants are able to take advantage of moving to a different property.  There are a few schemes which facilitate this, they are:

Available Homes: national website for mutual exchanges

Wandsworth Mutual Exchange Register (see under Homeswap)

Harding Tenants Mutual Exchange Register

Home Contents Insurance

We have organised for tenants to get low-cost, comprehensive insurance from as little as 37 pence per day, you can insure your household goods against theft, fire and flood. Please e-mail Life's Better Together with your name and address and we will send you the application form along with full details of the scheme.

Free Debt Advice

As partners in Life's Better Together, we can offer one-to-one debt advice sessions at locations in Wandsworth, Streatham, Balham and Lambeth through the Moneywise programme, offered by Tomorrow's People. Contact Joseph Mbang on 07980 669 019 or Glen Heaton o 07980 669 693.

Otherwise you can try Credit Action (Debt helpline) on 0800 591084. All calls are confidential.

Parenting Skills Course

St. Mark's Church in Battersea Rise, SW11 offer support and friendship classes for parents.  Everyone is welcome regardless of religious belief, background or ethnicity. To request further information about future courses, telephone the church on 020 7223 6188.

Life's Better Together

BCHT, Thames Housing Association and Harding tenants are able to join the activities on offer through the Life's Better Together scheme.  These include parenting classes and youth activities.
Click here for more info.

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