Local authorities in England report information for numbers of local authority owned (council) dwellings as at 1 April in their annual Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix returns.
Information for the number of dwellings owned by housing associations has been collected by the Tenants Service Authority (formerly the Housing Corporation), via their annual Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR).
Table 1 provides estimates for numbers of local authority owned dwellings in each London borough for 2007. Figures for 2008 are not yet available, but will be released on 22nd January 2009.
Local authority 2007 Barking and Dagenham 19,659 Barnet 11,074 Bexley 13 Brent 11,135 Bromley 0 Camden 23,517 City of London 429 Croydon 14,136 Ealing 13,920 Enfield 11,588 Greenwich 24,703 Hackney 23,590 Hammersmith and Fulham 13,248 Haringey 16,964 Harrow 5,091 Havering 10,967 Hillingdon 10,809 Hounslow 13,176 Islington 27,046 Kensington and Chelsea 6,996 Kingston upon Thames 4,869 Lambeth 27,788 Lewisham 26,036 Merton 6,406 Newham 17,958 Redbridge 4,790 Richmond upon Thames 83 Southwark 41,873 Sutton 7,332 Tower Hamlets 15,739 Waltham Forest 10,369 Wandsworth 17,279 Westminster 12,298 London 450,881
This information is also published on the Communities and Local Government website in Table 116 at:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/140882.xls
Table 2 provides estimates for numbers of housing association owned dwellings in each London borough for 2007 and 2008.
Local authority 2007 2008 Barking and Dagenham 3,257 3,440 Barnet 6,804 6,904 Bexley 12,832 12,953 Brent 14,582 15,338 Bromley 18,349 18,513 Camden 10,818 10,715 City of London 543 549 Croydon 9,868 10,203 Ealing 9,662 9,621 Enfield 6,568 6,756 Greenwich 10,657 10,724 Hackney 21,373 21,590 Hammersmith and Fulham 12,295 12,537 Haringey 10,483 10,695 Harrow 3,619 3,640 Havering 2,327 2,509 Hillingdon 5,547 5,866 Hounslow 6,579 6,645 Islington 14,034 14,933 Kensington and Chelsea 13,322 13,365 Kingston upon Thames 2,324 2,298 Lambeth 20,220 21,174 Lewisham 10,917 16,437 Merton 4,725 4,821 Newham 11,677 11,908 Redbridge 4,597 4,625 Richmond upon Thames 9,713 9,790 Southwark 14,357 14,617 Sutton 3,688 4,179 Tower Hamlets 23,903 26,682 Waltham Forest 10,645 10,692 Wandsworth 9,890 10,056 Westminster 15,720 15,821 London 335,895 350,596 Notes: Includes general needs social housing, supported housing and housing for older people
Information for households housed in private sector tenancies allocated by local authorities is not collected centrally.