Can landlord refuse to add spouse into lease agreement

ceeval20

I’m in a council housing under a housing association. I moved in back in 2021 with just my 2 small kids in a 2 bedroom.I have since found a partner and we are engaged. I asked them if I could add him to the lease and it was rejected. I recently gave birth and they still refuse for him to move in with me. I need help with the kids and it’s affecting me emotionally and especially now I’m still trying to heal after birth. Can landlords refuse as he is my partner. I mean we cannot be living seperate. Also we have been trying to find somewhere else to rent with no luck.

Peregrinus

Is there anything to stop him simply moving in, and contributing to the rent?

If (God forbid) you were to die, as your cohabitant living there for at least 6 months (or as your spouse living there for any lenght of time, if you were to marry) he would have the right under the Residential Tenancies Act to take over the tenancy. So while it may not be possible to force the landlord to add him to the lease, effectively he'd have the same rights with respect to the landlord as if he were on the lease.

On edit: If he does move in, you are obliged to tell the landlord. But you would want to do this anyway, so as to provide evidence that he was living there, should he need to take over the tenancy.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121693187#Comment_121693187

Isnt local authority housing exempt from the RTA/RTB?

Peregrinus

OP is unclear, but I think they are renting from a housing association.

Annasopra

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