New homes at Bevan Square

Rent to Buy is a government scheme that aims to help people in England step on to the housing ladder by offering affordable homes at a 20% discount below market rent for five years. The idea is that with a lower rent, you can save for a deposit to buy your home at the same time.

The believe housing Rent to Buy scheme is designed to help people who can’t currently afford to buy or rent suitable accommodation on the open market, providing them with the future opportunity of owning their own home.

Find out more about the rent to buy scheme here.

Social Rent is low cost rental social housing that is made available at rent levels based on a formula set by the government, which calculates a ‘formula rent’ for each property using property values and local earnings.

The rent, including service charge, is designed to ensure that similar rents are charged for similar social rent properties.

believe housing’s social rent homes are allocated through choice-based lettings partnerships, between the major landlords and local county councils.

We advertise all our properties in:

• County Durham on the Durham Key Options (DKO) website.
• Sunderland on the Sunderland City Council website.
• Darlington on the Darlington Borough Council website.
• Hartlepool on the Hartlepool Borough Council website.
• Middlesbrough, Redcar, and Stockton-on-Tees on the Tees Valley Home Finder website.