AIBU to be so angry at neighbour

[Minnie911]

When we first moved in to our flat in summer DP was speaking to neighbour and she asked DP if our flat was a council tenancy - ours is private, neighbours in council - exact same flats.
Anyway since we have lived here said neighbour is only ever at her flat 3 hours ish total per week and maybe 2 nights every fortnight - so obviously spends most of her time at her partners...I do not know this but have seen her in town walking a dog which definatley doesn't live at her flat and I know she works at a local company 9-5 type hours workplace.
Anyway she is a single woman paying half the rent for the same flat and 4 of us are piled in the same flat with no money for extras - and I repetitevly have delivery men at the door with parcels from clothes shops for her.
Aibu to be soo angry? Can I report her or is she doing nothing wrong? There are no council properties in our area and she's not even living there!!

But she may not be living there as her main home. That's fraud too. Nothing to do with hating or boyfriends or dogs. Just plain old fraud.

You can actually report her and she is doing something wrong. She's taking up a flat that she doesn't need. After my dp broke up with his last girlfriend he stayed with his mum for a few weeks. He got a letter from the council saying he had to either start staying there or vacate the property. However you're far better off having a quiet mostly absent neighbour then you are with potentially noisy new neighbours

The very fact that she's getting so many parcels delivered there suggest that its her main residence .

Being a council tenant doesn't mean you can't have a job or lifestyle that means you stay away from home a lot - maybe she has a great social life and stays with friends after a night out rather than getting a taxi,maybe she has caring responsibilities,maybe she has to work away or even have several boyfriends on the go.

I do think that people are assuming the rules for council tenants are the same as housing benefit claimants in regard to staying at boyfriends,away from home etc - a quick google states that most social housing providers only need to be informed if you are away from home for over 3 months and even then you wouldn't automatically lose the tenancy.

To posters who're getting the hump about other people's main residence & potential fraud: I get the hump about this, too! My ire is focused on foreign billionaires who buy up expensive English houses, leave them empty and pretend they live here to get socking great tax paybacks.

She has got an easier ride than you. That's unlucky and I can see why it would annoy you. If I was you I would concentrate on moving away and up the property ladder. Better yourself so your circumstances are no longer comparable to this woman.