Right to buy (passing it onto family member?)

delicious11

Cheeky_Monkey wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I suggest you get your facts straight before you embarrass yourself any further

Please enlighten me so I am aware of the source of my embarrassment.:o


The links below are my 'facts'!

https://www.gov.uk/right-to-buy-buying-your-council-home/overview


Joint applications

You can make a joint application with:

• someone who shares your tenancy
• up to 3 family members who’ve lived with you for the past 12 months (even if they don’t share your tenancy)

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/social_housing/transfers_and_exchanges/can_you_inherit_a_council_tenancy


If you were living with a council tenant before they died, you may have the right to inherit their tenancy. Find out about succession rights for relatives of secure council tenants.


The above makes no mention of how long you have to live with a Tenant before they pass on to inherit the tenancy.


Thank you and have a nice day!

SeduLOUs

delicious11 wrote: »

The above makes no mention of how long you have to live with a Tenant before they pass on to inherit the tenancy.

You post a link to prove your point and then don't actually read it?

I think what you meant to say was:

Tenancies that started before 1 April 2012
You can inherit a relative's tenancy that started before 1 April 2012 if:

- the tenancy was your home at the time the tenant died
- you were living with tenant for at least 12 months before they died
- no-one else has a stronger claim to inherit the tenancy

It doesn't matter where you lived with your relative in the 12 months before they died. If you moved home, time spent living in another property counts.

Relatives who can inherit a council tenancy
You count as a relative of a council tenant who can inherit the tenancy of a council tenant who dies if you are their:

- parent or grandparent
- child or grandchild
- brother or sister
- uncle, aunt, nephew or niece

Step-relations, half-relations and in-laws are also included. You cannot inherit the tenancy if you are the foster child of the tenant who died.

delicious11

SeduLOUs wrote: »

You post a link to prove your point and then don't actually read it?

I think what you meant to say was:

Tenancies that started before 1 April 2012
You can inherit a relative's tenancy that started before 1 April 2012 if:

- the tenancy was your home at the time the tenant died
- you were living with tenant for at least 12 months before they died
- no-one else has a stronger claim to inherit the tenancy

It doesn't matter where you lived with your relative in the 12 months before they died. If you moved home, time spent living in another property counts.

Relatives who can inherit a council tenancy
You count as a relative of a council tenant who can inherit the tenancy of a council tenant who dies if you are their:

- parent or grandparent
- child or grandchild
- brother or sister
- uncle, aunt, nephew or niece

Step-relations, half-relations and in-laws are also included. You cannot inherit the tenancy if you are the foster child of the tenant who died.

Ok, an oversight on my part. However, my point is still relevant. OP can inherit the property as a grandchild provided they were living there 12 months before the secure Tenant passed away.

Also going by the above the Op can move Nan into his away from the 'ponces' and 'junkie scumbags' and still claim they lived with the tenant for 12 months and inherit the tenancy. Good innit?:T

AdrianC

delicious11 wrote: »

Also going by the above the Op can move Nan into his away from the 'ponces' and 'junkie scumbags' and still claim they lived with the tenant for 12 months and inherit the tenancy. Good innit?:T

Just so long as the tenancy was their home at the time Granny kicks the bucket.

First sign of a sniffle, there'll be a removals van booked...

SeduLOUs

Just hope Billy down the road isn't getting any ideas about proposing to her to get a stronger claim to the tenancy...

delicious11

SeduLOUs wrote: »

Just hope Billy down the road isn't getting any ideas about proposing to her to get a stronger claim to the tenancy...

Only if 'Billy' is related. OP doesn't mention any other relatives down the road. :dance:

SeduLOUs

delicious11 wrote: »

Only if 'Billy' is related. OP doesn't mention any other relatives down the road. :dance:

I was joking of course, but:

Succession rights if you were married to a secure tenant
You can inherit a secure tenancy if the tenant who died is your husband, wife or registered civil partner, as long as it was your home at the time they died. Your right to inherit takes priority over that of any close relatives.

Pixie5740

Council tenancies can usually only be succeeded once though. So if there was ever a granddad and gran had a joint tenancy with him and then had a sole tenancy of her own then it has already been succeeded once.

From Shelter's website:

"The right for a tenancy to be passed on when a tenant dies is known as succession. A council tenancy can only be inherited once unless the tenancy agreement allows for more than one succession."

As for living with his gran for 12 months and then applying together, yes he could do this. Only the OP can decided if living among ponces, junkies and scumbags is worth £103,900. I suspect he would fit right in.

I just wish when people were considering this they a) used the search function and b) didn't make out like they were doing it for dear old granny's sake and just admitted they were doing it to line their own pockets.

jaylee3

delicious11 wrote: »

You should be able to put your name on the right to buy application as a family member along with your Nan who is the main tenant. The caveat will be that you should not have received any government help to buy property in the past. If you have done then that amount of money will be deducted from the discount offered.

If your Nan has lived there for 60 years then don't mind the naysayers. The house belongs to her and not the council as she must have paid for it 10 times over by now.

There is not one grain of truth, or one shred of fact in that sentence. (The bolded one.) You can rent a house for 150 years; it does NOT make it yours.

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Council tenancies can usually only be succeeded once though. So if there was ever a granddad and gran had a joint tenancy with him and then had a sole tenancy of her own then it has already been succeeded once.

From Shelter's website:

"The right for a tenancy to be passed on when a tenant dies is known as succession. A council tenancy can only be inherited once unless the tenancy agreement allows for more than one succession."

As for living with his gran for 12 months and then applying together, yes he could do this. Only the OP can decided if living among ponces, junkies and scumbags is worth £103,900. I suspect he would fit right in.

I just wish when people were considering this they a) used the search function and b) didn't make out like they were doing it for dear old granny's sake and just admitted they were doing it to line their own pockets.

Well said; most relatives only do this to line their pockets. The OP has made it obvious that this is what he is doing, as he is trying to pretend he wants to buy into his nan's property for 'her' sake, but then says the area is full of scumbags and ponces. :rotfl:

Actually, I must say, I can't remember the last time I saw a poster who posted so many inconsistencies in one thread. He is simply trying to make a fast buck. Fact. I just feel sorry for his nan who is being pressured into all this by him. (He will say she isn't of course...)

He reminds me a bit of a cousin of mine who is 30, and who felted his nan's shed roof and painted her bathroom, and then presented her with an invoice for £230 for the two jobs! HE tried to get his nan to exercise her right to buy too, and put his name on the deeds. You just wouldn't imagine that family would do it to one another, but they do. 'Blood is thicker than water' my backside!

antrobus

AdrianC wrote: »

Just so long as the tenancy was their home at the time Granny kicks the bucket......

And so long as there hasn't already been a previous statutory succession.

There can only be one statutory succession to a surviving spouse (this includes civil partners) or a member of the deceased tenant’s family. Where a tenancy was originally a joint tenancy and one of the joint tenants dies, or surrenders their interest, this counts as a succession; no further statutory successions can be claimed.

Succession rights and social housing SN/SP/1998

So, presuming that Granny was actually married to Grandad at some point and they were joint tenants of the house .....