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Richie London

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council tenantcy
« on: 22 March 2010, 16:49:57 »
does anyone know the law on council properties when the tenant dies, can it be passed down to a relative. cant seem to find anythin at all on the net. i know my mum could of had my nans yrs ago but she didnt want it. but in this case its a grandaughter.
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Re: council tenantcy
« Reply #1 on: 22 March 2010, 18:12:05 »
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does anyone know the law on council properties when the tenant dies, can it be passed down to a relative. cant seem to find anythin at all on the net. i know my mum could of had my nans yrs ago but she didnt want it. but in this case its a grandaughter.

From something I was told years ago, no they cant.  Unless thier name was on the rent book.

Seems now, that as the family gets smaller they view the rennant as being over housed, especially if a famuly of 5 has had a child grow up and marry then move on, then another child does the dame.  Then a parent dies, then the other, leaving the youngest in a 3 bed home, they re-house them and move a suitable family in.

Go on to your local councel web site and search for a copy of a tenancy agreement.

Hope there is a way round it for who ever you are asking for.
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Re: council tenantcy
« Reply #2 on: 22 March 2010, 18:24:40 »
Our council handed over it's entire stock to a housing association, after a vote by tenants. The tenancy can be passed on to a family member, ie. father to son, but only if the son has been resident at the address since childhood. If they leave to, say, get married and live elsewhere,then they lose that right.
I think the tenancy is called 'in perpetuity' or similar.
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Re: council tenantcy
« Reply #3 on: 22 March 2010, 18:31:30 »
thank you skruntie and steve.
its for my mates wife whos nan died yesterday, i just mentioned it to them today and i said i would look into it for them as they are renting which is expensive and are having severe trouble getting a place of there own even though they have taken in her nephew who would of been put into care because of the lads father for some reason or another.  :y
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Re: council tenantcy
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Re: council tenantcy
« Reply #5 on: 22 March 2010, 19:28:32 »
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There's a bit of banter about it here:

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/ForumThread.aspx?threadcode=128

makes a lot of sense now. its a no go then i think for her as she has never lived with her nan.

thank you  :y
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« Reply #6 on: 22 March 2010, 20:22:40 »
it happened by me last year..the mother who had the tenancy died and the son and daughter were evicted after a protest and a right struggle to stay in the house,the council said their agreement was with the mother not her kids and they were welcome to apply but wouldnt get the house they were in because there was more needy families
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Re: council tenantcy
« Reply #7 on: 22 March 2010, 22:56:28 »
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it happened by me last year..the mother who had the tenancy died and the son and daughter were evicted after a protest and a right struggle to stay in the house,the council said their agreement was with the mother not her kids and they were welcome to apply but wouldnt get the house they were in because there was more needy families

Something not quite right there, perhaps the Council know something you don't....... :)
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Re: council tenantcy
« Reply #8 on: 22 March 2010, 23:06:42 »
round here, you have to have been on the rent book for 12 months
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Re: council tenantcy
« Reply #9 on: 23 March 2010, 23:31:26 »
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does anyone know the law on council properties when the tenant dies, can it be passed down to a relative. cant seem to find anythin at all on the net. i know my mum could of had my nans yrs ago but she didnt want it. but in this case its a grandaughter.


they need that house for asilyum seekers etc
what ever makes you think that the council would look after their own

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Re: council tenantcy
« Reply #10 on: 24 March 2010, 00:02:37 »
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it happened by me last year..the mother who had the tenancy died and the son and daughter were evicted after a protest and a right struggle to stay in the house,the council said their agreement was with the mother not her kids and they were welcome to apply but wouldnt get the house they were in because there was more needy families
it pays to read the post, i thought you said to me, and thought thats a harsh way to refer to your family  :-[
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Re: council tenantcy
« Reply #11 on: 24 March 2010, 00:50:16 »
I know when the Father in Law passed away (15 years ago) the flat was in his name & it passed to his Wife. I think it can only pass once - in London anyway regardless of wheter any kids live there since birth or not ,,,,
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