Will I loose my council house??

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If you are planning on both living in your council house, no. If you are both thinking of living in his house, yes you should give the council house up.

But as pointed out, it gets complicated as giving up a council house to live with a partner in a relationship that may or may not work is a difficult decision. With the shortage of social housing, there is little chance you will get another one if you are single or not in a vulnerable group.

I would advise not living with a partner full time. Spend as much time at your council property as at his. If things progress over time, then you can think again.

Smodlet

deannatrois wrote: »

If you are planning on both living in your council house, no. If you are both thinking of living in his house, yes you should give the council house up.

But as pointed out, it gets complicated as giving up a council house to live with a partner in a relationship that may or may not work is a difficult decision. With the shortage of social housing, there is little chance you will get another one if you are single or not in a vulnerable group.

I would advise not living with a partner full time. Spend as much time at your council property as at his. If things progress over time, then you can think again.

^ This, exactly this. HA properties are rare, council properties rarer still, at least in my home town. The council properties tend to be older, larger and better built there than the HA properties (some of which I would not put a dog in) Not only are council rents usually much cheaper than those charged by private LLs, councils and HAs have minimum standards of repairs to which they have to adhere. Private LLs have no SLAs so do repairs when/if it suits them or when they are forced to by Environmental Health depts.

Were I in the OP's position (which, many moons ago and with one major difference, I once was) I would never give up my council tenancy unless everything worked out perfectly between my new partner and myself. We were lucky. Things may not work out so well for the OP. I very much hope they do but, should they not it will be the OP, who will be deemed to have made themselves homeless intentionally, who will be up the proverbial without a paddle, should they decide to give up the best kind of tenancy there is.

OP, I wish you the very best and hope you can find the happiness I found with my wonderful OH almost a quarter of a century ago. Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh.