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Backstreet Moyes

My Grandmother has been living in a council house the last 10 years but is being moved to a nursing home.

My cousin has had a bad break up moved out and has spent the last week living there while trying to get a deposit together for an apartment.

She is working part time so she think's she has might be able to get on the rent book.

I can't see it myself but i said I would as here for her.

Does she have any chance in getting put on the rent book?

FortySeven

Nuts102 wrote: »

My Grandmother has been living in a council house the last 10 years but is being moved to a nursing home.

My cousin has had a bad break up moved out and has spent the last week living there while trying to get a deposit together for an apartment.

She is working part time so she think's she has might be able to get on the rent book.

I can't see it myself but i said I would as here for her.

Does she have any chance in getting put on the rent book?

I hope not. Given the waiting lists and homeless crisis and all. Would be grossly unfair.

Backstreet Moyes

FortySeven wrote: »

I hope not. Given the waiting lists and homeless crisis and all. Would be grossly unfair.

Ye i feel the same just asked as she is desperate right now.

njs030

Nuts102 wrote: »

Ye i feel the same just asked as she is desperate right now.

Unfortunately so are thousands of other people who have waited years. I think if she did get it there would be quite a commotion if people who are waiting found out.

She needs to join the list like everyone else.

FortySeven

Nuts102 wrote: »

Ye i feel the same just asked as she is desperate right now.

I am sympathetic. Just there is a long queue of hardship before her. Hope she gets something sorted. Didn't mean to sound harsh.

mp22

Nuts102 wrote: »

My Grandmother has been living in a council house the last 10 years but is being moved to a nursing home.

My cousin has had a bad break up moved out and has spent the last week living there while trying to get a deposit together for an apartment.

She is working part time so she think's she has might be able to get on the rent book.

I can't see it myself but i said I would as here for her.

Does she have any chance in getting put on the rent book?

Once your grandmother remains as a tenant,and wishes for your cousin to be put on the tenancy of the property the local council will probably have no objection.
Please note that most councils require persons to be on the rent book for several years if they are to stay, after the demise of the main tenant.

Gatling

mp22 wrote: »

Once your grandmother remains as a tenant,and wishes for your cousin to be put on the tenancy of the property the local council will probably have no objection.
Please note that most councils require persons to be on the rent book for several years if they are to stay, after the demise of the main tenant.

But in some instances the council can ask that the tenant sign a legal binding agreement stating the newly added relative has no legal claim to the property should anything happen to the original tenant

njs030

mp22 wrote: »

Once your grandmother remains as a tenant,and wishes for your cousin to be put on the tenancy of the property the local council will probably have no objection.
Please note that most councils require persons to be on the rent book for several years if they are to stay, after the demise of the main tenant.

The grandmother is moving into a nursing home, surely she wouldn't be allowed to keep her tenancy just so ops cousin can stay there?

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A Tennant has to inform the council within three weeks of moving out of a house and normally any person taking over the tenancy would have to have been living in the house for two years and also on the tenancy agreement - lease for two years prior to taking over the lease.