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beattiesman

my brother bought my mums council property which she has lived in rent free, she has limited mobility & he has moved in with her due to having nowhere to go after his wife put him out ,but he is bone idle she is having to do everything for him he does nothing. as she struggles to look after herself having to pick up & tidy after him is making her ill.i told her to tell him hell have to go but she says but its his flat its no good asking him to help around the flat as he has been this way most of his life .she is 90 by the way.all her bills have increased & he hardly pays his way if she mentions keep he goes on about how shes paid no rent .

StuC75

so what is the question in this?

Can your mother move in with you? that way your brother can do as he wishes with his own place?

quidsy

Maybe your mum would be better off in an assisted retirment flat, my nan was in one & she loved it, own front door, kitchen bathroom & bedroom & the warden would pop round & shout through letter box, if she replied she was left alone, if she wanted, they would come in & help or chat. That way she is not dependant on your brother for a roof over her head & has only her own little place to keep clean. She paid a nominal rent from her pension as it was HB/HA place & she coped really well.

RAS

Your mum would have course have been better advised not to have helped her !!!!less son strip her of her only asset; a "Council" house.

How long ago was the purchase?

I assume the hosue was initially bought in mum's name as she was the tenant? How long was the period before she could seel up?

Has that now passed?

In whose name(s) is the house now held?

And with regard to living rent free - she would have bene living rent free if she was a council tenant, presumably?

The difference now is that she no longer has a secure tenancy and has a lodger not of her choice who refuses to pay his contribution for the bills?