Citizens House by London CLT in Sydenham

Brasted Close is an 11 home, 100% permanently affordable project in Sydenham, Lewisham, and is London CLT's first direct development. The campaign for genuinely and permanently affordable homes is led by Lewisham Citizens, part of Citizens UK, who helped set London CLT up.

The campaign began with people in Lewisham talking about what challenges local people were faced with. A lack of affordable homes came up time and time again. Community-led, permanently affordable homes in the form of a community land trust was selected as a campaign priority, and Lewisham Citizens asked then East London CLT to expand its remit and start taking members from south of the river.

London CLT invite applicants to apply for homes at Citizens House, Unity Way, Lewisham.

There are 11 homes available:
6 x 2 bedroom 3 person homes - each being sold at £272, 500
5 x 1 bedroom 2 person homes - each being sold at £215, 000

To be eligible you need to:
- have lived in Lewisham for at least 5 years and preference is given to those in Sydenham and Forest Hill,
- be able to obtain a mortgage (which entails having 10% of the asking price in savings and a steady source of income),
- be able to demonstrate housing need.