Across our 7 towns, more new homes are being built to give local people safe, secure places to live.

Despite a difficult national picture for housebuilding, Ealing Council continues to make progress on building, and enabling, more genuinely affordable homes. They are built in order to let them out to council tenants and housing association tenants. And they form part of a wider programme to support families on low incomes and improve the standard of local housing.

The council defines ‘genuinely affordable’ as meaning that housing costs take up no more than 40% of a household’s total income. In practice, that usually means that the home is rented from the council or a housing association. 

Councillor Shital Manro, the council’s cabinet member for good growth and new homes, said: “We’re building the genuinely affordable housing the borough urgently needs, and we’re doing it in each of our 7 towns, to make sure the benefits are shared across every community. These homes are designed to meet the needs of local families, with high‑quality building standards and often with lower running costs.

“Nothing is more important than having somewhere safe and secure to call home. The work we are doing will provide the necessary foundation to enable thousands of residents to live better lives.”

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The borough has long faced a chronic shortage of affordable housing. Its beautiful open spaces, outstanding schools, and excellent transport links make it a highly attractive place to live. The population grew by 15% in the decade to 2023, and the cost of privately renting a home rose by almost 15% in 2024/25 alone.

In response, the council is running one of the biggest local authority housebuilding programmes in London. Since 2022, work has started on 1,825 new genuinely affordable homes to let, with a further 911 currently in the pipeline. Many are already finished and are now being let to local families. Ealing ranks second out of all 32 London boroughs for new affordable housing – both in terms of being started and being completed.

More than 35% of all homes built locally in the last 4 years were classified as affordable, helping more households move into long‑term, secure homes.

Over the last 4 years, more than 1,200 council homes have been transformed into warmer, more energy-efficient places to live. Upgrades have included enhanced insulation, modernised power and heating systems, and the installation of heat pumps. These improvements not only help the environment by cutting harmful gases but also help residents save on energy bills because they don’t have to spend as much to keep their homes warm.

Where are these homes being built?

Originally built in the 1970s, Sherwood Close in West Ealing is being transformed into a safer, more welcoming neighbourhood. The work now under way on the third and final phase of regeneration will bring another 185 new homes, including 37 which will be let at genuinely affordable rents. The homes are expected to be completed next year.

In Acton, work continues on the long-term transformation of the South Acton estate, where more affordable homes are being built and are due to be finished later this year.

Refurbishment work has been completed at the Copley estate in Hanwell, where 21 homes, including 16 social rent homes and 5 leasehold properties, have been modernised. Three new homes have also been built. Existing homes were upgraded to improve energy efficiency and are now served by a new energy centre that helps to cut carbon emissions. The wider regeneration at Copley has already seen a total of 318 high quality, energy efficient homes built so far, with more to come.

Homes have been built at Buckingham Avenue in Perivale by the council’s housing company, Broadway Living. Construction began in June 2022, and the homes were starting to be occupied by summer 2025. More than half of the 41 new flats are being let to tenants, with the rest available as shared ownership.

Phase 3 of the redevelopment of the Golf Links estate in Greenford began in March 2023 and is due to complete this May. This will contribute more than 100 new council homes to let to local families.

Since 2022, the council has bought 290 new homes still under construction which were previously due to be sold on the open market. And 180 of those homes are in Southall, where Berkeley is building the Green Quarter development. The homes are due to be ready in autumn this year.

Work is also well under way on new homes at Northolt Grange, due to finish in May 2026.

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