spliting up, what happens to council house

leoniestacy

hi, me and my ex are spliting up, neither of us want to move out, what happens to our council house, its in both our names, we have a lg whos 2 and im 7 months preg, the kids will stay with me.

Mupette

It could be that both of you will be asked to move and both will be rehoused

Mojisola

You need to check with your council but I think priority is usually given to the parent and child combination.

meritaten

your council may wait and see who has custody of the children. A lot depends on the tenancy agreement and the council policy - so you need to ask them.

Mado

Don't want to sound judgementall, but with a 2 year old and one unborn child, could you attempt to work a little at the relationship, possibly with external help such as relate or other services.
Nobody ever said it was easy, but with such a young family, it should be worth a try.

creased-leach

It's not the council's decision. If you're joint tenants, it will be up to a court to decide. Locally, the council won't even advise on this issue- they just suggest you see a solicitor.
Be mindful though that they'll want to limit their duty to rehouse either of you.

rpc

If neither of you are moving out, nothing will happen. You only need to change the tenancy when one of you wants to move. Then the answer is "it depends".

moomoomama27

If you're both wanting the house then you will need a solicitor. Normally the PWC will be awarded full tenancy of the property, but Niall likeliness it will be a court matter!

leoniestacy

thanks all, did ring today but the person i need to speak to is on hol until mon

leoniestacy

Mado wrote: »

Don't want to sound judgementall, but with a 2 year old and one unborn child, could you attempt to work a little at the relationship, possibly with external help such as relate or other services.
Nobody ever said it was easy, but with such a young family, it should be worth a try.

wish i could but when its a one sided relationship, theres no point in trying no more

Mado

leoniestacy wrote: »

wish i could but when its a one sided relationship, theres no point in trying no more

What do you mean one sided?
Weren't you both involved in creating the children? Aren't you both responsible for them? If he doesn't think he is, maybe he needs reminding about his responsibilities.
I'm not suggesting it will necesseraly work; but if you don't even try, you can never know.