Will I lose my council property?

Tupperware_Queen

I moved into a Housing assoc property last month, it was a total disgrace, I had to redecorate throughout. The gas fitter said it was a good job the council took out the carpets, he said it was awful before.

As has been said before, I was in no position to say no when offered, any house can be turned into a home with a bit of spit and polish

Wee_Willy_Harris

Decoration has always been the tenants responsibility with social housing.

Prinzessilein

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

Decoration has always been the tenants responsibility with social housing.

The upkeep of the decoration is my responsibility - the initial decorating was done by the Housing Organization. (Curtains and carpets were not provided....and I didn't expect them to be)

nannytone_2

tupperware queen...............if you could only get a 2 year tenancy, would you be quite so keen to spend you money 'doing it up'?

Wee_Willy_Harris

There is always the option to refuse... or not bid in the first place. You DO still get to view before accepting. However, the decent homes standard has addressed many of the issues you faced when you moved.

oldestrocker

nannytone wrote: »

tupperware queen...............if you could only get a 2 year tenancy, would you be quite so keen to spend you money 'doing it up'?

I think you also miss the point that in private lettings, it is not at all uncommon that with the 6 month tenancy period being the norm, and with rent increases every 6 months, a great deal of tenants move every 6 months!!
But the difference is that normally they have more resources than council tenants. That is if council tenants are asked to move on when their financial circumstances allow it!

Sink estates??? What are you all on about? Just because someone is poor doesn't mean that they live like animals!

I live in a part private/part HA rental area as well as privately owned properties. There are good and and bad tenants no matter where they live. I own my own house, but next door a young couple have moved in for 6 months and first thing they did was to have new flooring put down on the ground floor. The otherside of me - well - a small 2 bed property with 2 adults, 3 Alsation dogs, 1 cat and an Asian lodger that the landlord knows nothing about. The place is disgusting and stinks. Dog s**t everywhere. Last summer we couldn't go in our garden because of the smell. They have no intention of moving because the rent is paid for them - LHA they are on benefits, and he works part time (cash and on the side) repairing cars and sometimes vans and small lorries in the communal parking area in front of our house.
Both tenants are private and are paying £650pm.
In todays world you have to live and let live.

In a council estate at the side of us you see some that have cars on their side in the front garden yet others that are well kept.


All I am saying is that subsidised housing should be for those that either cannot afford private lets or are homeless. When and if they move on with their lives - it should be made available for another similar family.

timmmers

The OP was scared, and I can see why. I think the best advice would be to go and get fully qualified and informed advice from an expert at a legal clinic or welfare benefts rights office.
Sure, the law can always change....but knowing for sure that any changes currently in work or imminent won't bother you at all...that's got to make things less worrying .

Go ask. Be sure. Relax in your home then

Dontknowanymore

How much is too much though?
It's annoyed me, I'm currently in temp accomodation waiting and bidding for a property, I wont be housed until the very least this time next year, so I will be under the reviews.
It annoyed me because I had a secure tenancy that I had help for the last 5 years but was forced to give it up, so now when I get my new place not only will I not be able to exchange for a year (started tenancy) I will have to be reviewed at certain intervals to see if I am still eligable!

Also I wonder how it will effect those under the mutual exchange scheme? will the 2 years restart when you change tenancys? will people who had secure tenancys before the changes then have to be reviewd as they will be taking on a new tenancy?

squinty

I'm not sure if people have actually read the proposals about the minimum length of tenancy.

Although the headlines talk about 2 year tenancies - the document suggests that each council has the opportunity to set thier own mimimum length (10 years or 20 years or more) or not to implement a minimum length at all.

The consultation document was published on Monday and poses a number of questions to housing providers (and others). If you are concerned contact your landlord/council and ask them how they will respond to the consultation.

debrag

How will this change work?! The waiting lists won't go down as it's not affecting current tenants so no new housing unless new ones are built.

I do believe that if you can afford to rent privately why should you get to keep a HA property. There are people in more need of a property who can't get one.