Will my girlfriend lose her council flat if i marry her? I own two properties.

Mojisola

jannatiex4 wrote: »

My girlfriends lives in a council flat and is a assured tenant, run by a housing associations

The idea is to move into her council flat, rent out my two properties that i own, take her off benefits based on my income and pay the full rent!!

I have phoned up the council and housing association for general advise, the council said its not a problem, and on the other hand the housing association said that I should really move out.

If that's the way the HA phrased it - "should" - then her tenancy probably does allow her to stay.

Whether that's the moral thing to do is another matter.

Dan-Dan

beeg0d wrote: »

no because when he moves in she will likly loose her housing benifit and so pay the HA the full market rent for the propety

but then depriving another family a home

pmlindyloo

Really we are talking about two different things here.

Now the OP has looked at the tenancy agreement it appears that he would be allowed to move into the flat regardless of his financial circumstances.

This is not uncommon. There are several cases of, I believe an MP living in a council place and I know Susan Boyle still lives in a council house despite the fact that she is a millionaire.

From the OP's point of view they are doing this because of the child's schooling.

Now, morally it may be that the OP and his partner should be looking to move into private accommodation and leave the subsidised housing for someone else. However, there are also many cases where people live in council housing and their financial situations improve substantially but because of their tenancy agreement they are allowed to stay there.

Not the OP's fault if it is as it is.

Idiophreak

Could you not just buy/rent somewhere else near to the school?

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

pmlindyloo wrote: »

Really we are talking about two different things here.

Now the OP has looked at the tenancy agreement it appears that he would be allowed to move into the flat regardless of his financial circumstances.

This is not uncommon. There are several cases of, I believe an MP living in a council place and I know Susan Boyle still lives in a council house despite the fact that she is a millionaire.

From the OP's point of view they are doing this because of the child's schooling.

Now, morally it may be that the OP and his partner should be looking to move into private accommodation and leave the subsidised housing for someone else. However, there are also many cases where people live in council housing and their financial situations improve substantially but because of their tenancy agreement they are allowed to stay there.

Not the OP's fault if it is as it is.

And the people's champion, Bob Crow :rotfl:

Mojisola

pmlindyloo wrote: »

Now, morally it may be that the OP and his partner should be looking to move into private accommodation and leave the subsidised housing for someone else. However, there are also many cases where people live in council housing and their financial situations improve substantially but because of their tenancy agreement they are allowed to stay there.

Not the OP's fault if it is as it is.

This is how things are and most people, faced with giving up a lifetime tenancy and the related security, would hang on to it. While the rules are laid out that way, people are able to do this.

greensalad

Dan-Dan wrote: »

but then depriving another family a home

Unless the OP allows benefit tenants into one of his two properties he plans to rent...

jannatiex4

Idiophreak wrote: »

Could you not just buy/rent somewhere else near to the school?

My girlfriend has made a home of the council flat, she is happy there. If i didn't own a property i could move in no problem and pay the full rent and my girl friend would come off benefits, i thought this would be a good thing for society.

The unknown for me is if she will lose her property because i own a property, and is their a law outside the tenancy agreement that can protect us in this situation?

Annie1960

Mojisola wrote: »

This is how things are and most people, faced with giving up a lifetime tenancy and the related security, would hang on to it. While the rules are laid out that way, people are able to do this.

Then it's time the rules changed.

I realise MPs like Frank Dobson do this, but why should the rest of us subsidise people who can afford their own place?

davidmcn

pmlindyloo wrote: »

I know Susan Boyle still lives in a council house despite the fact that she is a millionaire.

No, she exercised her right to buy (though also owns a rather grander property nearby).

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays wrote: »

And the people's champion, Bob Crow :rotfl:

I think they've moved him out...