2007-06-02 01:47:49 · 8 answers · asked by sue l 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
No. You would have no right of succession to the tenancy. It would be up to the Council in question to relet the property from their waiting list & they would evict you if you remained after your mate was gone.
2007-06-02 01:50:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, in the UK, you have to have been there for a good length of time, such as one year, now you need to prove you were there! By producing utility bills with the address on it, ie, mobile phone contract, sky subscription, or even better an electricity or gas bill, which ties you to the property for the past year. Paying these bills for your friend may prove to become a good investment for you, if you rented a flat privately you would need to stump up a bond in any case.
NB, you could always go to speak to the housing office, and explain to them that you want to succeed this tenancy, take the tenant along with you to back you up, and this may save them money because they will then be getting rent from you! Otherwise they may have to board up the flat/ clear it of junk/update it/decortate it etc, and re-let it, this willl cost the council money, but if you 'take over' the tenancy this will save them money, as you are intending to stay there for a long time and will be a good tenant!
Housing Officers can use discretion, however you must state that you have been there for some time, several months at least.
It is important to note that there is a long list of people waiting for properties who are in bed and breakfast or hostals. Your justification for staying must be that you will indeed find yourself homeless at the end of your friends tenancy.
Make sure the rent account is in credit before any negotiations take place, clear any debt off the account.
(This is your best argument for staying)
It is also interesting to note that a lot of flats are actually empty, and the rent is payed by the social fund, many councils know about this and turn a blind eye to it, as the vast majority of social rents (dss) are a good constant reliable income for them.
Say for arguments sake, if a council had 200 flats lying 'dormant' but officially 'tenantied', this is a source of £10,000 income each month to them, if they choose to 'ignore' it! Its not really allowed, or good practice but saves the council thousands.
(Would they know if your friend had left, if the rent was still being payed?)
2007-06-02 01:52:00 · answer #2 · answered by My name's MUD 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have just done this. My wife and I moved in with her elderly father to look after him. We applied for joint tenancy on the grounds that I am carer for them both as they are both disabled, We had to show that we had lived there for 6 months to qualify. We were successful. I think you might have to have a justifiable reason as to why you want joint tenancy, however.
2007-06-02 02:02:06 · answer #3 · answered by Michael B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
technically no, but i was going to move into a m8s flat n he wanted to move out. what we were going to do was tell the council his girlfriend had left him, then a couple of months later say him and me got together and place me on the tenency, and then a while later say he'd left me. but as my name would b on the rent agreement they couldn't kick me out the flat. maybe you could do that? cheaky i know...
2007-06-02 03:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by evilbunnyhahaha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can't you have no rights at all in staying there.
Your name must be on the rent book.
2007-06-02 01:57:45 · answer #5 · answered by Magic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, as i believe that there is a wait list to get into those places
2007-06-02 01:56:59 · answer #6 · answered by Kaisar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you have no rights at all towards it
2007-06-02 01:52:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-06-02 01:50:47 · answer #8 · answered by moss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋