Have your say on how Intermediate Housing is allocated to Key Workers

Have your say on how Intermediate Housing is allocated to Key Workers

Westminster City Council wants your views on who should be considered a Key Worker for allocating Intermediate Housing and the priority they should have. 

Intermediate Housing is discounted housing usually available to rent or buy, for people on middle incomes who aren’t eligible for Social Housing but can’t afford market homes.

The survey is open from 29^th October to 9^th December 2026 at 11:59pm. It should take about 10 minutes to complete.

Your answers are confidential. You can stop the survey at any time, but your response will only be counted if you complete it.

You can complete the survey here.

Read about the proposals below

Why we are seeking your views

Westminster City Council is consulting on options to update its definition of Key Workers for allocating Intermediate homes and on the priority Key Workers have when allocating Intermediate homes. 

With a limited supply of Intermediate Housing and 1,500 households on our Intermediate List, we want to ensure our allocation policy reflects the vital contribution Key Workers make to the running of Westminster and London. 

Key Workers already have high priority for Intermediate Housing, but other groups have higher priority: 

• Social Housing Tenants
• Serving Military Personnel 
• Some existing residents of Intermediate homes that need to move
• Households on the Social Housing Register

Resident Key Workers also have higher priority than non-resident Key Workers.

More information about our current priorities for Intermediate Housing are here. 

The way Key Workers are defined also only focuses on certain public sector jobs. 

The Council recognises that there are other jobs and occupations in the public and private sectors which are essential to keeping Westminster and London running, and which make a vital contribution to supporting its communities, economy and infrastructure. 

Overall Westminster hosts around 813,000 jobs – across all sectors - making up one seventh of London's job market. 

As well as hosting over 2,000 teaching and education jobs, many of the capital’s train, tube and bus drivers, retail and hospitality staff are based in Westminster. The service economy is a key sector in Westminster.  

Our housing renewal programme provides an opportunity to develop Intermediate homes for local Key Workers so they could live near to their workplace.    

More information about the Westminster economy is here and our Growth Statement can be found here.

Your views will help us update our policy. 

You can also read our proposals around Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy and Allocations Scheme Changes and have your say here.