Leathermarket CBS Home Projects Background Members Directors Contact us The need for new council-rent homes in the Leathermarket Area Leathermarket JMB set up an Affordable Housing Group in 2011 to bring local residents who have the passion and commitment to make things happen together with the housing experts who could tell us how we can get things moving. The Group organised a questionnaire of Leathermarket residents in February 2012, which got 169 responses. This came four big conclusions were: 94% think there should be more genuinely affordable social housing in the JMB area 85% expressed support for social housing being built on unused or under used land on their estate 77% think that staying in the JMB area is important. 38% are involved in local community groups 93% cannot afford a rent above £200 per week or the maximum amount that housing benefit will pay Much of the housing on the Leathermarket JMB estates isn’t council-rent housing any more 28% of homes on the JMB estates have been sold through right to buy 50% of these are now rented out by their owners to private tenants, such as students It also found a number of key facts about the financial and family circumstances of Leathermarket JMB tenants 99% of households have a housing income of less than £30,000 55% are registered for re-housing with the Council 10% describe themselves as in housing need, but not registered with the Council 70% of homes say they are overcrowded – compared with an average of 35% across Southwark as a whole 56% do not have any money for a deposit if they wish to buy a property 85% would not have the money for a deposit if they wish to rent privately Theme by Easy-forma twitter This site uses cookies More info No problem

Leathermarket CBS Home Projects Background Members Directors Contact us Projects Leathermarket CBS completed its first development of community-led, social-rent homes in July 2018 – Marklake Court provided 27 new homes for Leathermarket JMB tenants in housing need. More new, Council-rent homes are now in the pipeline for JMB tenants, with a second development beginning construction on the Lawson Estate in Spring 2019 and early consultations taking place on the Elim Estate. Please click on the links below to read more about each of these projects. Marklake Court Joseph Lancaster Elim Estate Theme by Easy-forma twitter This site uses cookies More info No problem