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My rights on moving out of my council flat.
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She said they were teenagers. If they are 16 or over then no they cannot share. The council will class them as adults and needing their own seperate bedrooms.
:rotfl:In a perfect world.. we are talking about council housing here..#6 of the SKI-ers Club :j
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke0 -
wish i got a subsidised house
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She said they were teenagers. If they are 16 or over then no they cannot share. The council will class them as adults and needing their own seperate bedrooms.
Not needing seperate bedrooms, needing separate accommodation. They should have their own place, they don't have an automatic right to live with mum and dad for as long as they like and have that paid forpoppy100 -
Not needing seperate bedrooms, needing separate accommodation. They should have their own place, they don't have an automatic right to live with mum and dad for as long as they like and have that paid for
So they should move out at 16?
Perhaps they are in full time education
Perhaps they work and contribute to the bills
Not sure where you are coming from...0 -
If they are non-dependent adults then they are not counted for LHA bedroom calculations.
Thus if she has 7 adult offspring, she can't bring them all to live with her and expect the council to provide her with an 8-bed house. She would only get a 1 bed.poppy100 -
If they are non-dependent adults then they are not counted for LHA bedroom calculations.
Thus if she has 7 adult offspring, she can't bring them all to live with her and expect the council to provide her with an 8-bed house. She would only get a 1 bed.
Not sure you have understood the rules correctly.
Below shows how each individual bedroom is allocated
Room Rates
LHA rates will be further broken down into ‘Room Rates’ that will apply depending on the size of the household, including any non-dependants. Size criteria will be based on allowing one bedroom for:- every adult couple ( Married or Unmarried )
- any other adult aged 16 or over
- any two children of the same sex
- any two children regardless of sex under age 10
- any other child
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wish i got a subsidised house
Generally council housing is not subsidised. There is a national housing subsidy system, the majority of councils contribute to this, but a few councils do benefit. However, last year over £200 million more went into the 'pot' than was paid out. Council rentpayers are, in effect, subsidising other services.0 -
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Looking at the original question.
Much of what Pineapple123 wrote is correct.
In law there can only be one succession for a secure tenancy ( a succession is when a tenant dies and the tenancy is passed to someone else). And, a succession can only be to certain family members who have lived with the tenant for a period of one year before their death.
The OP therefore has two problems:
Firstly; if the tenancy was previously in different names, or was originally a joint tenancy – then the succession has been used up and there can be no further succession. This is not discretion but the law.
Secondly, even if the sucession had not been used, if the OP was to give up her own tenancy and move in with her dad, but he died within the next 12 months the OP would have no rights to succession. Again this is the law, and would be a risky option.
The best option would be to speak to someone at the Housing Department. Some authorities do make allowances within their own allocations scheme for people who have given up their own secure accommodation in order to care for others. In the best scenario this may mean the OP may be allocated her father’s property should he die. However, this is down to the councils own rules, and does not apply to all councils. You need to understand what your councils view would be. Speak to them before taking any action.
(poppy10 & Socrates – remember this is a council house and LHA rules do not apply )0
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