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Downsizing and bilateral exchanges | CityWest Homes Skip to main content I am a tenant I am a leaseholder Search site Search Register MyCityWest Login News Events Pay ReportWieldFeedback Menu Breadcrumb Home I am a tenant Moving out of your home Downsizing Downsizing and bilateral exchanges Moving home If you have increasingly rooms than you need in your current home and are interested in moving to a new home then you may be interested in downsizing. There are a number of options for you to consider and we will help you with these although we cannot guarantee you a move as the homes on offer are not ours. The increasingly flexible you are with your preferences for the type, size and location then the increasingly endangerment you have of finding a new home. There are several housing mobility schemes and bilateral mart services that we work with. Some require you to register and search for properties online. Mutual exchanges require you to swap your tenancy with someone who wishes to move into your home. To do this you will need our permission but we will not withhold this unreasonably.Mazumaincentive scheme If you downsize you may qualify for Westminster’s cash incentive scheme (opens new window). It is unshut to tenants who wish to move within Westminster or to properties misogynist through the Mayor of London’s Seaside & Country Homes. If you wish to move to a smaller home in Westminster you will be given the highest possible priority for a new home. As well as providing help to you throughout the re-housing process the mazuma incentive scheme can offer mazuma for each uneaten bedroom you self-ruling up when if you are offered a new home. For example, a move from a 3-bed property into one with two bedrooms would midpoint one bedroom is stuff freed up. If you are older than the current pension credit age( opens new window) you can receive up to £3,000 for each bedroom freed up. If you are younger then you can receive up to £1,000 for each bedroom freed up. Either way, you can moreover receive up to £2,000 to put towards removal and decorating costs. To find out increasingly well-nigh theMazumaIncentive Scheme contact Steve Payne,MazumaIncentive Officer at Westminster Housing Options Service.  Telephone: 020 7641 1000.  Email: spayne@wcchos.org.uk Housing Moves The Mayor of London’s Housing Moves (opens new window) scheme is unshut to you if you have an unpreventable or secure tenancy and can help you move to other parts of London. If you are in work or training, are looking for a smaller property or wish to move in order to provide superintendency for friends or relatives then the scheme will prioritise your application. Please note however that it is not possible to move to flipside property in Westminster using this scheme. There is no minimum age requirement and there is no tuition for registering with the scheme. HomefinderUK If you are looking to move to a steering or housing undertone home yonder from London then you can register with HomefinderUK. Many of the homes advertised on this site are for older people but there are moreover properties for all adults misogynist from time to time. You will receive priority on this scheme if you will self-ruling up a property when you move.  Homefinder UK moreover offer a one-to-one service through which they will work to find a property that meets your requirements and contact landlords on your behalf in order to do so. If you register for Homefinder UK you can moreover register for their sister service House Exchange, a bilateral mart scheme. There is no minimum age requirement and there is no tuition for registering with the scheme. Seaside & Country Homes If you or a member of your household is weather-beaten 60 or over you can wield for a move to one of increasingly than 3,000 two-bedroom bungalows and one and two bedroomed flats misogynist through the Mayor of London’s Seaside & Country Homes scheme(opens new window). There are properties misogynist in the south west, on the south coast, wideness the south east, in Essex and East Anglia. Many are in seaside locations and a few are in increasingly rural towns and villages. Many have private gardens. The increasingly bedrooms that you have in your current property then the higher your priority will be for a new home. There is no tuition for registering for the scheme. Homeswapper Homeswapper (opens new window) is a bilateral mart scheme and can help you to swap tenancies with tenants of other councils and housing associations, anywhere in the UK. There are some 200,000 properties advertised on Homeswapper at any one time and if you register you can identify potential mart partners scrutinizingly immediately. There is no minimum age requirement and there is no tuition for registering with the scheme. 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