Not on tenancy. Chances of getting court order to be named?

[mrspoisson]

I'm living with my ex partner and our 4 year old child in social housing.

I've been wanting to leave for a while, but as I'm sole carer, I have been unable to work full time and move out.

I've been reading up about a court order to add an unmarried partnership to a tenancy if children are involved.

What are the chances of being granted to be named on the tenancy and there is a likelihood of ex finding out, soni worry if I gp through this procedure that he can just throw us out and I'll be homeless.

I'm going back to study in october and child has started primary school. I think it beneficial if I were named on it.

Just remember that a good school won't cancel out a bad home life.

He will 100% be informed.

They will take into account why he got the house, so if, for example, he was granted the house 5 years before you got together and it's a 2 bed house because he has another child he has access to, you would be unlikely to get granted tenancy.

It's going to make life much more complicated for you to get your own tenancy if you're named on another one as well.

It's not worth hanging on for 10 or more years in an unhappy relationship, your dd will grow up and model her relationships on the lines she sees around her.

You're far better to move out, go through the short term uncertainty and get yourself somewhere stable and settled than to stay in misery for years.

So, do you mean it's his sole tenancy, and you want him kicked off it and it put in your name only, so you can remove him?

How long had he lived there before you moved in?

Bear in mind too that if a court found in your favour, where would he go? Councils will be more willing to rehouse the main carer and the child so is be surprised if they overturned his tenancy leaving him without a place for his child to visit him. First stop surely must be a discussion with your local housing officers to see what your options are?