Council House Rules?

[chessington]

My partner and I rent our council house and we are the only tennants paying full rent and community charge.
Our grown up daughter left home about 3 years ago but has now split from her partner, would we be allowed to house her without her paying any rent to us? and therefore we would not be subletting, apart from telling the council about this, what else, if anything would we have to do? TIA

[murraymints]

that would be fine and community charge is based on 2 adults in a house so a third would make no difference unless one of you currently gets a rebate

[murraymints]

she will need to register her name on electoral register at your address to vote

[naomi24]

Whether she pays you for living with you or not, you are in residence there and therefore you are not sub-letting. Lots of grown up children live with their parents in council houses.

[Tilly2]

I don't know but I would imagine that there would be no problem with your daughter living with you, providing the rent gets paid every month. You will need to put her on the Electoral Roll list though.

[EDDIE51]

No problem , but make sure she is registered as a tenant as well as your selves. This means she will inherit the tenancy after your deaths and should you pass away unexpectedly she will still be able to live in the house without problems.
By the way there are differences between actual council tenants and those such as myself whose council has sold the housing to a housing association. As a council tenant or an ex council housing association tenant you also have the right to buy your council house at a discount , this right can also be passed on to your child / children if they are registered as tenants. It is worth up to £89,000 or £120,000 in London so a not inconsiderable amount!

[bednobs]

what is community charge? Is it different in scotland? In England it's council tax

[EDDIE51]

Community Charge and Council Tax are different words for the same thing as far as I know. Not sure which is the correct term at present.

[EDDIE51]

Council tax is correct, community charge was the old system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_tax_(United_Kingdom)

[chessington]

thanks for replies, very helpful

[EDDIE51]

I am currently getting my youngest son registered as a co tenant with my wife and I. It is the only hope he will have of ever getting a home of his own. With the discount he could get a mortgage that would cost £380 a month over 25 years, he is renting one small room in a house share at the moment. That is costing him £110 a week, which is more than he would pay to live with us and buy the entire house on a mortgage.

[chessington]

My daughter used to rent a room and the prices they charge are daylight robbery!!

[EDDIE51]

It's due to the house prices. I am just outside Cambridge ex council 3 bed terrace like mine £210,000 . With the £89,000 discount my son can get a mortgage but even that will soon be out of reach.

[Peter Pedant]

yes you would
this commonly happens

I wouldnt even inform your landlord

if they whinge then just say oops it didnt cross my mind as she landed on the doorstep - baby in hand- wind blowing - dark etc

[Peter Pedant]

yes it would be OK I mean

[EDDIE51]

PP they already pay full rent and council tax so no more will be due for having their daughter live with them. But they DO need to tell the council / housing association so that the daughter is a legal full tenant with the right to take over the tenancy. Doing as you say and not mentioning it would mean that in the unfortunate event that chessington and partner died unexpectedly the daughter would have no right to remain as a tenant in the house. Your advice is wrong and potentially disastrous.
chessington, do as I said and register your daughter as a co tenant, you can lose nothing and gain a lot!

[Jethro77]

With regard to EDDIE1`s answer, it should, of course, be borne in mind that if the property is in Scotland the tenant`s right to buy has now been abolished.

[Islay]

Am I the only one with an issue with a child being able to take over someone's council house without going on a waiting list?

[EDDIE51]

Jethro yes that is true but even in Scotland they can pass on their secure tenancy to a son or daughter. So it is still well worth while.
Islay the tenancy can be passed on once only. The child can not then pass it on to a grandchild.

[sherrardk]

No you're not Islay.

[Tilly2]

I have an issue with people buying council property, full stop.