Adding someone to a council tennancy

astonsmummy

Hi
My mum has been living with my nan for 4 years now and my nan wants to put her name on the tennancy, how do they go about this? i guess she needs to write a letter but what sort of thing does she put and whats the procedure? any help gratefully received x

jonesMUFCforever

Get in touch with the council.
Be prepared to fight your corner though as if the housing department operate a points system to allocate homes as they become available they might decide that your daughter might not be eligible for the house.

astonsmummy

ejones999 wrote:

Get in touch with the council.
Be prepared to fight your corner though as if the housing department operate a points system to allocate homes as they become available they might decide that your daughter might not be eligible for the house.

but my nan still lives in the house so my mum isnt on the council list, they arent allocating he a home she will become a joint tennant.
i know she needs to get in touch with the council i was just wondering how it all works.

CarolnMalky

All you have to do is call your local office..they sometimes send out a housing officer to get both parties to sign a new set of missives.

Fairly straightforward astonsmummy,
Hope it goes ok.
Carol

wigglygiggly

There shouldn't any problem as long as she has been there for a year or more (which she has). May need to prove it (bills) but it is a very straightforward process. Just ring the council for a form and thats it really. You may not even have a visit from them either - I know I didn't when I added my hubby to the tenancy a few years back.

jonesMUFCforever

astonsmummy wrote:

but my nan still lives in the house so my mum isnt on the council list, they arent allocating he a home she will become a joint tennant.
i know she needs to get in touch with the council i was just wondering how it all works.

So there might be problems ahead.
It is not you nan's remise to sublet.
If your nan leaves then the house reverts to the council. They will decide who gets the tenancy. How would you feel if you were on a waiting list and had enough points to qualify for the next available house only to find out that a member of the family had 'jumped the queue' from nowhere?

astonsmummy

ejones999 wrote:

So there might be problems ahead.
It is not you nan's remise to sublet.
If your nan leaves then the house reverts to the council. They will decide who gets the tenancy. How would you feel if you were on a waiting list and had enough points to qualify for the next available house only to find out that a member of the family had 'jumped the queue' from nowhere?

my mum has lived with her for 4 years, she isnt jumping a queue, my nan isnt leaving, she's not subletting, dunno where you plucked them ideas from

cattie

astonsmummy, it should be a simple enough process if your mother has proof that she has lived there for at least 12 months.

It will be a wise thing for her to do as a tenancy can usually be passed on once to a relative who shares the family home. At least then she won't have the worry of what will happen to her when your nan isn't around.

Bossyboots

cattie wrote:

astonsmummy, it should be a simple enough process if your mother has proof that she has lived there for at least 12 months.

It will be a wise thing for her to do as a tenancy can usually be passed on once to a relative who shares the family home. At least then she won't have the worry of what will happen to her when your nan isn't around.

There would be a problem though if the nan has succeeded the tenancy from her husband as it then could not be passed to the daughter.

astonsmummy

Bossyboots wrote:

There would be a problem though if the nan has succeeded the tenancy from her husband as it then could not be passed to the daughter.

it's always been my nans single tennancy, she and my grandad split up about 30 years ago then her house burned down and she got the one she's in now.

jonesMUFCforever

So does the council know that the daughter is living there?
Council policies vary from borough to borough - where I live if an adult relative just pitches up at a tenancy (regardless of time) and the original tenant moves out for whatever reason the adult relative has no right to stay unless the Council agree that she gets the new tenancy. (And if she is not already on the waiting list her chances are nil)