1 person in a 3 bed council house

gill5blue

Hi, Curiosity Question,
Somebody I know-Their partner has died and they lived in a 3 bedroomed council property.
He has gone for succession(his name was not on the rent book)
What are his chances of keeping the 3 bedroom property?
Gill5Blue

t0rt0ise

The rules for council houses usually say that one succession is possible for a person who has lived in the house for at least the past year. Good luck to him. Having lost his partner he doesn't need to lose his home too.

G_M

Clearly a case for vigilante action.

Either get together with your neighbours and evict him, or identify a couple of homeless people locally and move them in.

marksoton

gill5blue wrote: »

Hi, Curiosity Question,
Somebody I know-Their partner has died and they lived in a 3 bedroomed council property.
He has gone for succession(his name was not on the rent book)
What are his chances of keeping the 3 bedroom property?
Gill5Blue

Are we back in the 70's?!

Cakeguts

It will depend on the rules of the local council.

rosyw

t0rt0ise wrote: »

Good luck to him. Having lost his partner he doesn't need to lose his home too.

Exactly! I lost both and wouldn't wish it on anyone.

elsien

It will depend on his circumstances and council policy.
I watched a documentary a while back where someone who had lived in his mother's council house all his life was not able to keep it because it was 3 bed and he was single - one of the hugely oversubscribed London boroughs in his case.

SailorSam

One person and three bedrooms ? Expect a knock on the door by the bedroom tax police.

gill5blue

Thanks for replies,
I do know the rules but I haven't heard of anyone who had to give up their house, except rosyw now.
I did wonder if they might be lenient and give him a year to sort himself out
Gill5Blue

Owain_Moneysaver

SailorSam wrote: »

One person and three bedrooms ? Expect a knock on the door by the bedroom tax police.

Why? If he's paying the rent himself he can have as many bedrooms as he wants or the council will let him have.

"Bedroom tax" only affects people claiming housing benefit.

squinty

The person may be allowed to stay, it depends on a number of things.

a. How did the deceased get the tenancy? - were they allocated the property or did they succeed to the tenancy
b. Linked to this, was a new tenancy agreement signed? - if so the council may have created a new tenancy rather than a succession.
c. What was the relationship? - married couples and civil partners have more rights.
d. When did the tenancy start? - the Localism Act made some changes if it is after 2012 restrict some succession unless the tenancy agreement says otherwise !
e. Where is the property ? - there are different rules in Scotland.

You need to provide more information if you want a better answer!!