Council housing

[Deleted User]

1) If your stepson is able bodied and adult.., he will have to do what the majority of the population does and find his own accommodation.  You and your LA have provided a home for him for a number of years when he most needed it.  Now its time for him to find his own.  Its called growing up.

2) Its not 'draconian', its what the social housing system has to do to make sure those most in need get social housing as there isn't enough to provide for everyone who wants social housing.

3) Its not 'won't' its that there is not enough funding for them to provide 'more' social housing.  Most local authorities would be in heaven if they were able to build more social housing, less people in hostels, less heart breaking stories they can't do anything about, would probably make some budgets easier to manage (not paying for expensive temporary housing) etc etc.

If you are this concerned perhaps you can adjust your plans to move so your stepson can move too or your partner moves to your place?  No?  So your son needs to find his own place.  Why should social housing provide housing for an able bodied adult?  You are aiming your frustration in the wrong place, possibly.

wyrdskein

Some good points, but the fact is the government have plenty of money to provide affordable housing, just as they have enough money to properly fund public services. The reason they don't is purely ideological, but they have done a great job in convincing people they are poor and can't afford it. Including you apparently. Maybe if we all cared about eachother a bit more they wouldn't be allowed to get away with it. I would like to live in a country where decent housing is a given, but I know I'm in the minority as shown by the last general election result. Sad times indeed. Keeps swimming. 

[Deleted User]

If you think I approve of present conditions, you couldn't be further from the truth.  I was observing what is.  However I also don't think people should think they have a right to cheap social housing rather than finding something themselves where able to.

Cakeguts

He won't be homeless he will do what everyone else does he will move out and find somewhere else to live.  If you owned the house and wanted to move you would have to sell it to buy the next house so he still wouldn't get it to live in on his own.

There will never be enough social housing for everyone who wants a cheap rent and why should there be?  The cheap rents are subsidised by other tenants. Why should other tenants who are not in a position to move to private rented property subsidise people who are?  Social housing is there for people who for one reason or another are not able to afford their own accommodation. Many of the people in this criteria are disabled. If your step son is not disabled why would you think that he should get a housing association house rather than doing what most of the population do and financing his own living accommodation?

KxMx

Many councils do not allow inter family joint tenancies. Couples only.