Wandsworth Council has announced an advice day for first time buyers and key workers looking to own their own home. The ‘Open the Door’ event takes place on Thursday, October 16 from 2pm to 8pm in the Civic Suite, Wandsworth High Street.

Bromley Council has launched a new scheme to allocate housing association properties in the borough called Bromley Homeseekers. Council officials are stressing that the scheme, which is operated by Home Connections on behalf of the authority, does not signal an increase in the number of available homes or that people will be offered housing more quickly.

Councils should be able to buy homes on the open market for use as social housing in an effort to rescuing the housing market, according to Barking and Dagenham Council.