Will I loose my council house??

mamabunny5

Hi
My partner and I are looking into moving in together but I need to know if I would loose my council house as my partner owns a property?? Does anyone know anything about this please ?

HampshireH

Your council house has to be your main and principle home. Your partner can live it in it.

If you aren't living in it you will have to give it up.

If you choose to live elsewhere and not give it up they will evict you ask the judge to award them you paying all costs.

Morally (and it's a personal opinion) I believe social housing should be for those in need. If a an owned home is available to live in then the council house is no longer needed. But that's not how the law works.

System

its in your tenancy that you have to live in it. If they find out its been empty for several weeks and youre not just on holiday then they will go in and board it up. Even if the rents getting paid. How would you pay for your house and live in his? you wouldnt be entitled to benefits as a couple. Not for both homes

ProDave

Of course you and your partner could live in it, then buy it under right to buy,. Live in it for the required number of years then sell it. All the while keeping and renting out your partners house,

AdrianC

mamabunny5 wrote: »

My partner and I are looking into moving in together but I need to know if I would loose my council house as my partner owns a property?? Does anyone know anything about this please ?

If he owns a property, will you both be moving into that? If so, then why do you still need your council house?

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

What did you want to do, move into your partner's house and continue paying rent on an empty council house? Why would you even want to do this?

G_M

and if you sub-let your council house and become a landlord, you'll be breaching your tenancy agreement too.

Mojisola

mamabunny5 wrote: »

Hi
My partner and I are looking into moving in together but I need to know if I would loose my council house as my partner owns a property??

Giving up a council tenancy isn't something to do without serious thought.

If it doesn't work out with your partner, he can make you leave his house with no notice at all - you will have no rights at all.

If you move in with him (and tell the council so that someone on the waiting list can be given your old house), make sure you save into an emergency moving fund, just in case.

shortcrust

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

What did you want to do, move into your partner's house and continue paying rent on an empty council house? Why would you even want to do this?

In case the relationship goes sour? I hadn't thought of it before but I suppose giving up a good council or HA property to move in with a partner is giving up a lot of security.

I agree with HampshireH about the moral side of things.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Paying rent on a place you are not using for an indefinite time in case the relationship goes sour? Why not just save the rent so you can use the savings to get a different place IF that happens, and you haven't lost any money if it doesn't.

shortcrust

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

Paying rent on a place you are not using for an indefinite time in case the relationship goes sour? Why not just save the rent so you can use the savings to get a different place IF that happens, and you haven't lost any money if it doesn't.

Obviously it's not a good plan. However I can understand why someone might think about it. Around here a council house rent might be less than half the cost of a private let. Give up your council house, which might be gem, then get kicked out by the partner and you're homeless, perhaps with very limited options. And I'd guess that statistically that IF is likely to be a WHEN.