Welcome to the website of Hammersmith & Fulham’s Defend Council Homes Unit
You can find out more about our work via the links on this page. And if you are a resident of Hammersmith & Fulham, you can sign up to get email updates on our work.
The Defend Council Homes Unit (or DCHU) has been established by Hammersmith & Fulham Council to find ways of giving tenants and leaseholders more control of their homes — now and in the future.
We work independently of H&F Council — but we will submit an official report to the council and our reports will be made available to the public. The DCHU is led by a Hammersmith & Fulham resident with two independent members in support.
The work of the DCHU follows on from the work of the Hammersmith & Fulham Residents’ Housing Commission in 2015. The commission was charged with finding a way to protect council homes now and in the future.
What we’re working on
Change
H&F Council has made a commitment to giving residents more control over their homes.
DCH policy
DCHU has been working to draft a Defend Council Homes policy (DCH policy).
Q&As
Questions and answers about the DCHU’s work and what we’ve achieved.
Safeguards
We are looking at how residents can gain more control over their council homes.
DCH video guide
H&F Council is looking for ways to better protect council residents' rights in the borough. Defend Council Homes is the resident-led plan that puts you in charge of the future of your neighbourhood. The council is now consulting residents of council homes on a new policy to implement that plan, and it's really important that you have your say. Here's a video guide to what it would mean for you.
