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Council House Help for Birmingham City Council

NomiKaay
NomiKaay Posts: 6 Forumite
edited 19 August 2015 at 8:59PM in House buying, renting & selling
Hi everyone,

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,622 Forumite
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    they want to know the answer to the last question , how much did she make on the sale . The council will not look kindly on her "gifting" and may classify this as deprivation of capital and that she has made herself deliberately homeless in doing so
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  • theEnd
    theEnd Posts: 851 Forumite
    Why did she gift her only house to her brother? They will ask.
  • Poppie68
    Poppie68 Posts: 4,881 Forumite
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    It looks like your wife will struggle to get on the waiting list..She may have to wait until September 2017 to apply to be added to the list.
  • lighting_up_the_chalice
    lighting_up_the_chalice Posts: 9,615 Forumite
    There may also be housing benefit implications if renting a property you used to own.
  • bris
    bris Posts: 10,548 Forumite
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    Giving her house away will exclude you being added to the list, the council will not house you for this reason.
  • lighting_up_the_chalice
    lighting_up_the_chalice Posts: 9,615 Forumite
    It won't mean exclusion from the list, but it may impact on the priority awarded.
  • SnooksNJ
    SnooksNJ Posts: 829 Forumite
    Poppie68 wrote: »
    It looks like your wife will struggle to get on the waiting list..She may have to wait until September 2017 to apply to be added to the list.
    That would probably be best because I read it's a slippery slope if a council house is considered a pubic fund for ILR purposes.
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