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Tenancy Strategy and Tenancy Policy 2025

What you told us – and what happens next  

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Tenancy Strategy and Policy consultation.  

We’ve now reviewed the feedback and published a summary of the results.  

You can view the survey findings, including what residents and stakeholders said about our proposals, and learn more about how this feedback has shaped our next steps by visiting our Tenancy Strategy and Tenancy Policy consultation results webpage.  

The updated strategy and policy are designed to keep our housing approach fair, consistent, and responsive to the needs of our communities.   

We’ll continue to keep you updated as we move forward with the changes.  

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See the results of the Westminster’s Tenancy Strategy and Policy consultation here.

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Westminster Tenancy Strategy and Policy Consultation

We’re proposing changes to Westminster’s Tenancy Strategy and Policy giving residents greater security and stability in their homes. What’s changing?
✔️ Tenancy Strategy - Moving away from fixed-term tenancies and recommending social landlords offer lifetime tenancies instead
✔️ Tenancy Policy - Ending the use of flexible fixed term tenancies and offering Westminster City Council tenants secure lifetime tenancies instead.

Project:Tenancy Strategy and Policy Consultation

Timeline

Research and development

November 2024 - March 2024
This includes: Reviewing our existing Tenancy Strategy and Policy and development of the new Tenancy Strategy and Policy with pre engagement of key stakeholders such as Westminster's Resident Panel and other social landlords

Public consultation and approvals

April 2025 - May 2025
This includes: Tenant "drop in" sessions delivered during the consultation period and the go live of the online consultation via the Commonplace platform. On completion of the consultation the analysis of responses will help shape the final Tenancy Strategy and Policy for approval and implementation.

Implementation of Tenancy Strategy and Policy

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This includes: Publishing the final Tenancy Strategy and Policy and a summary of "you said, we did" outlining how feedback from consultation has been incorporated. If the proposed changes are agreed upon, we will end the use of granting Flexible fixed term tenancies for Westminster City Council tenants and existing Flexible tenants will be informed of next steps to convert their tenancies to Secure lifetime tenancies.

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