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Council House Bedroom Rules / Exchange

DavidSmith333
DavidSmith333 Posts: 13 Forumite
edited 18 June 2016 at 7:24PM in House buying, renting & selling
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  • Cheeky_Monkey
    Cheeky_Monkey Posts: 2,072 Forumite
    IMO, not a chance - nice try though :T
  • DavidSmith333
    DavidSmith333 Posts: 13 Forumite
    Cheeky_Monkey wrote: »
    IMO, not a chance - nice try though :T

    You mean not a chance of my mother being allowed to move into the two bed flat?

    Or not a chance of my girlfriend being allowed to exchange to a three bed house?

    We haven't tried anything yet - it's still just an idea...
  • Poppie68
    Poppie68 Posts: 4,881 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Where would your mother live when you get married and move into a quarter?
  • DavidSmith333
    DavidSmith333 Posts: 13 Forumite
    edited 18 June 2016 at 7:27PM
    Poppie68 wrote: »
    Where would your mother live when you get married and move into a quarter?

    Obviously things will change quite a bit if we get married, but we are all in agreement that we will deal with that in the future.
  • Jamiesmum
    Jamiesmum Posts: 368 Forumite
    Your mum could move into your girlfriends flat. But she would have to live in the living room as I'm almost certain it's classed as a sleeping space.

    Your girlfriends son is also young enough to be able to still share a bedroom with her, so it wouldn't be classed as over crowding for quite a few years yet. If you live there too, you the girlfriend and the son would be expected to share one room, and your mother the other.

    Though there is no reason she couldn't do a mutual exchange with somebody else to a 3 bed. If receiving benefits she will be liable for bedroom tax but is more than able to swap still.
  • tomtontom
    tomtontom Posts: 7,929 Forumite
    Ahy reason why you/ they cannot find a private rental?
  • DavidSmith333
    DavidSmith333 Posts: 13 Forumite
    Jamiesmum wrote: »
    Your mum could move into your girlfriends flat. But she would have to live in the living room as I'm almost certain it's classed as a sleeping space.

    Though there is no reason she couldn't do a mutual exchange with somebody else to a 3 bed. If receiving benefits she will be liable for bedroom tax but is more than able to swap still.

    Girlfriend would be happy to pay for the extra bedroom, so long as the council permitted the exchange to go ahead.

    Presumably rules are the same for housing associations?
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,529 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    My son and partner are living, with three children (two boys, aged 9 and 6 and a girl aged 2) in a small two bedroomed council property, but have been told they will not even be considered for three bedrooms , within a year. (Yet there are supposed to be people wishing to downsize).
  • DavidSmith333
    DavidSmith333 Posts: 13 Forumite
    tomtontom wrote: »
    Ahy reason why you/ they cannot find a private rental?

    You mean my mother and girlfriend both move into a private rental?

    My girlfriend doesn't want to give up the security of a council tenancy.
    It wouldn't make sense for me to try and move out of my single accommodation to live with them.
  • DavidSmith333
    DavidSmith333 Posts: 13 Forumite
    teddysmum wrote: »
    My son and partner are living, with three children (two boys, aged 9 and 6 and a girl aged 2) in a small two bedroomed council property, but have been told they will not even be considered for three bedrooms , within a year. (Yet there are supposed to be people wishing to downsize).

    Do you mean the council will not permit them to exchange to a three bed?
    Or do you mean that no one with a three bed wants to exchange?
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