to think, i wouldnt be surprised if the next thing to happen in social housing might be....

[dirtyface]

....that people who got their HA / council house/flat as a sole person (ie lone parent etc) are not going to be allowed to move a partner in.

so if they want to live with someone, they have to go and get a private rent / mortgage elsewhere

i was just thinking about it earlier as i met DH as a lone parent in a HA house and it made far more sense for him to move in with us rather than get a private rent together somewhere. in fact dh's (private) flat when i met him (a small 2 bed) cost more than my 3 bed house.

but it honestly would not surprise me a bit if they put a stop to that the way things are going. i know there are probably clauses in most tenancy agreements that say you are allowed to move someone in but am sure the powers that be could change that. yes i am cynical i know ;)

what do people think?

Are you saying this because two people would jointly have the income to afford private rents, because that isn't always the case. But, it might be in some cases.

There was some talk of getting people out of social housing once their income reached a certain level a while ago, so this might contribute to that debate.

Coca they've said that for the past year or so if you're single and under 35 you can only claim for a room in a shared house

No I don't think that will happen. I think the next thing will be no lifelong tenancies.

They are still giving them out where I live. viv

My H.officer told me to take no notice of those type of speculations in the news. They will always offer them on family houses in rural areas apparently?

That is good news if true :)

and so they should feminine

why should only home owners have the privilege of security of tenure

as i always say on these types of threads, they need to make private renting more like social renting, not the other way round

and they also need to make buying a house more affordable and easier. if dh and i could buy a house we would be out of our council house in a shot

I'm sure someone else will have raised this point but...

Surely changing the rules to prevent moving a partner or spouse in to a property would worsen not ease the social housing crisis? The priority then would be to keep your property, not to build a stable family unit, so (presuming both parties are in funded or social housing) the relavent authorities would then be obliged to continue to provide twice the housing, rather than allowing couples and family units to share? Or have I missed the point of the OP?