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How to go about a council house exchange
If you are a housing association tenant or council tenant and wish to move
home, you may be able to do this via a mutual exchange, whereby you
exchange your house with another housing association or council tenant. Whether
you live in a flat, a house or a bungalow and wish to move from one council
house to another, from a council house to a housing association, or vice versa,
you will find all the information you need here. This step-by-step guide will
tell you everything you need to know about exchanging and will also provide
useful links to help you begin the process right away. For ease of use we have
split this guide into several sections, as follows:
- Applying For A Council House Exchange
- How to Exchange Your Council House
- Hints and Tips on Exchanging Your Council House
- Important Changes to the Housing Mobility Schemes
Applying for a Council House Exchange
There are many reasons you may wish to exchange your council house and, as a
council or housing association tenant, you have as much right to move as anyone
paying rent to a private landlord. You may wish to move house because:
- You have changed where you work.
- You want to be in the catchment area of a particular
school.
- You wish to live near to friends or relatives.
- Your family is growing and you need a bigger place.
- Someone is moving out and you need a smaller place.
Whatever your reasons for moving, in order to apply for a council house or
mutual home exchange you must first contact the local authority where you live,
as they all have slightly different regulations. The government has provided an
excellent online search service where you can enter your details as post-code,
street name or, if you know it, the name of your local authority. Go
here to enter your details and find out more (this particular service is
only available in England).
If you live somewhere else in the UK then you can find out more about your
Local Authority via the following links:
Find your Local Authority in Scotland
Find your Local Authority in Wales
Find your Local Authority in Northern Ireland
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