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As long as you have a connection to the home, yes you can buy it. I can't remember the rules exactly but you do have to be living there for a year and meet some other requirements.
No they wouldn't get another council house as they would also own the house. They are on the tenancy agreement I take it? it takes 10 years all in all before you can get rid of the property without having to offer it back to the council first. It's complicated buying your parents home. I live in a council house and wanted to buy my mums but due to the rules I've backed out at the moment.
Oh and ignore the people on here, RTB tends to put peoples back up! There just jealous that's all. Good luck though.0 -
Ignoring people on her could have disastrous consequences for his parents, as I'm sure you have discovered in your own research. As for jealous, I grew up in a council house and have no desire to go back. I do believe that we need a good stock of social housing for the next generation of working people priced out of private housing.Oh and ignore the people on here, RTB tends to put peoples back up! There just jealous that's all. Good luck though.Been away for a while.0
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